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Allans Flat, Victoria

Coordinates: 36°16′S 146°54′E / 36.267°S 146.900°E / -36.267; 146.900
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Allans Flat
Victoria
Allans Flat is located in Shire of Indigo
Allans Flat
Allans Flat
Coordinates36°16′S 146°54′E / 36.267°S 146.900°E / -36.267; 146.900
Population318 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3691
LGA(s)Shire of Indigo
State electorate(s)Benambra
Federal division(s)Indi

Allans Flat is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located along Osbornes Flat Road, north-east of Yackandandah. The areas around the town were mined for gold between the 1850s and 1904 though without sufficient population for a Post Office until 26 October 1876.[2]

History

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The town was surveyed and proclaimed in 1905. The Post Office closed in 1975.[2]

Sport & Recreation

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Allans Flat FC colours in 1924

In 1897, Osborne's Flat Football Club won the Weiss Football Trophy, in a competition between Osborne's Flat, Gundowring and Yackandandah.[3]

The Allans Flat Football Club appears to of first been established in 1890.[4]

The club was intermittently active over the next 15 years, then competed in the Murphy's Albion Hotel (Yackandandah) Football Association in 1906.[5]

The club won a premiership in 1923 -

  • Allans Flat & District Football Association
    • 1923 - Allan's Flats: 3.5 - 23 d Dederang: 0.6 - 6[6]

Allan's Flat competed in the Kiewa Football Association from 1924 to 1926 and were runners up in 1925.

  • 1925 - Tallangatta: 13.10 - 88 defeated Allan's Flat: 8.9 - 57[7][8]

Allans Flat FC then competed in the Yackandandah & District Football League from 1929 to 1931, then appears to have gone into recess in 1932.

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Allans Flat (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 August 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  3. ^ "1897 - Football". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 6 August 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  4. ^ "1890 - To the Editor". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 20 September 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  5. ^ "1906 - Allans Flat". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 30 August 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  6. ^ "1923 - Allan's Flat and District Association". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 31 August 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ^ "1925 - Football". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 4 September 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  8. ^ "1925 - Football: TROPHY COMES TO TALLANGATTA". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 3 September 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 19 August 2024.