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Hansonville, Victoria

Town in Victoria, Australia

36°35′31″S 146°15′14″E / 36.592°S 146.254°E / -36.592; 146.254Population248 (incl. Greta South) (2011 census)^[1]Postcode(s)3675Elevation187^[2] m (614 ft)Location

255 km (158 mi) NE of Melbourne
28 km (17 mi) S of Wangaratta
19 km (12 mi) SE of Glenrowan

LGA(s)Rural City of Wangaratta State electorate(s)Ovens Valley Federal division(s)Division of Indi

Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall
22.4 °C 72 °F	6.9 °C 44 °F	?

Hansonville is a locality in the Greta district of Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Rural City of Wangaratta. It had a school^[3] in 1880. The postcode is 3675.

Roads in the place include Moyhu-Hansonville Rd, Banksdale Rd and Glenrowan-Moyhu Road. In the south part is School Road and Banksdale Road.^[4] Factory Creek flows to the north through the area.^[5]

People growing up in Hansonville include Tim Newth, co-director of the Tracks Dance Company;^[6] Captain Austin Mahony who won a military cross at Pozières;^[7] and John Legg (born 1892) a veterinary scientist prominent in the CSIRO.^[8]

A polling place for the Division of Indi is located at Greta Complex, Greta Recreation Reserve, Greta West-Greta South Rd. In 2004 this booth returned an 82% vote for liberal and 12% for labor for the House of Representatives.^[9]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Greta South". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ "Hansonville climate, averages and extreme weather record | Meat & Livestock Australia".
^ "Greta at KellyGang". KellyGang and Friends Incorporated. 30 December 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
^ "HANSONVILLE Street Map, VIC". Retrieved 11 June 2014.
^ Mapsheet 24 Guide to Deer Hunting. Department of Sustainability and Environment. 3 April 2009. ISBN 978-1-74152-059-0. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
^ "Newth Tim (1962-)". People and organisations – Trove. 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
^ Carlyon, Les (2010). The Great War. Pan Macmillan. pp. 725–726. ISBN 978-0-330-42496-7.
^ Beverley M. Angus (2012). "Legg, John (1892–1984)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 June 2014.
^ "POLLING PLACE – GRETA VALLEY". Polling Place Results. Australian Electoral Commission. 9 November 2005. Retrieved 11 June 2014.