Lorquon

Lorquon
Town
Memorial hall at Lorquon, 2010
Memorial hall at Lorquon, 2010
Lorquon is located in Shire of Hindmarsh
Lorquon
Lorquon
Coordinates: 36°09′06″S 141°45′31″E / 36.15167°S 141.75861°E / -36.15167; 141.75861
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total8 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode
3418

Lorquon is a locality in western Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Hindmarsh local government area, 388 kilometres (241 mi) west-north-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

History

The township of Lorquon was established in 1883, when 30 quarter-acre lots were sold by J. Affleck of Lorquon Station.[2] The town's population peaked during the 1920s, numbering 279 at the 1921 census.[3] At the 2021 Australian census, the population of the remnant of the town was eight.[1]

A primary school opened in November 1884; it closed at the end of the 1979 school year.[4]

A railway line from Jeparit to Lorquon was opened in 1912, and extended westward to Yanac in 1916.[5] The passenger service ran until the 1950s, and the line was closed in 1986.

The Lorquon Football Club was established in 1890.[6] It won the North Lowan League premiership in 1928.[7] It merged with the team from the neighbouring town of Netherby in 1962, and as Netherby-Lorquon it competed in several local leagues before folding after the 1982 season.[6] The former recreation reserve in Lorquon is now the Lorquon Bushland Reserve.[8][9]

The Lorquon Memorial Hall in Affleck Street, built in 1956, is run and maintained by the Hindmarsh Shire Council.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lorquon: 2021 Census All persons QuickStats". ABS. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "North-West Wimmera News". The South Australian Advertiser: 6. 5 July 1883.
  3. ↑ "Lorquon". Victorian Places. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Lorquon Primary School - Number 2590". Victorian Government Schools Directory. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Jeparit-Lorquon Railway". The Horsham Times: 3. 10 December 1912.
  6. 1 2 "Historic football celebration at Netherby-Lorquon". The Weekly Advertiser. 13 May 2026. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Country Town and Farm". The Sun News-Pictorial: 29. 11 October 1928.
  8. ↑ "Township of Lorquon [1893]". State Library Victoria. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  9. ↑ "Lorquon I64 Bushland Reserve". Parks Victoria. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Instrument of Delegation" (PDF). Hindmarsh Shire Council. Retrieved 20 August 2026.

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