Cheviot, Victoria

37°13′S 145°28′E / 37.217°S 145.467°E / -37.217; 145.467Postcode(s)3717LGA(s)Shire of MurrindindiState electorate(s)EildonFederal division(s)Indi

Cheviot is a locality in Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area.

The locality was named after a nearby pastoral run called Cheviot Hills, which in turn was named after the locality on the English-Scottish border. It was also called Ross Creek.^[1][2] From 1889 until 1978 there was an active railway station here on the now historic and abandoned Cheviot railway station which took route on the Mansfield-Tallarook line. Cheviot Post Office opened on 9 April 1890 after the arrival of the railway, and closed in 1944.^[3] The rails have gone but an old goods shed survives, and to the northeast the Cheviot Tunnel provides an excellent example of brick workmanship of the nineteenth century.

A Ross Creek Post Office opened on 14 October 1865 and closed in 1969.^[3]

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