Ensay (Victoria)
Ensay is a small town in eastern Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, located on the Great Alpine Road between Swifts Creek and Bruthen on the Tambo River. The nearest major town Bairnsdale is 80 km south. Melbourne is located 366 km to the west.
The city center is located just north of the mouth of the Little River in the Tambo River at an altitude of 400 m above sea level. NN At the last census in 2006 the population was found to be 331.
History
The Aboriginal name of the area around present-day Ensay was Numblamunjie (German: Black River fish). 1843 built the pioneer Archibald Macleod (see Bairnsdale: History ) a sheep station in the area on. He named the place after a today uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides called Ensay, his Scottish homeland.
The land around Ensay originally claimed in 1839 the famous discoverer Angus MacMillan for his former employer Lachlan Macalister (see also Macalister River). After the colonization of large parts of the country in the mid- Gippsland soon after in 1841 they gave this country again.
The original sheep station Ensay covered up a huge area of 155.4 km ² ( 15,540 ha) until after Swifts Creek, where the area of the station Tongio joined. Some area in the immediate vicinity of today's Ensay, such as Reedy Flat, but did not belong to the station and were first settled in the 1870s by Europeans. The first post office was opened in Ensay on 1 March 1864.
The sheep station Ensay became increasingly split into smaller farms. In particular, were former soldiers who were after the end of World War I for labor, land allotted by the government. They built on farms and cultivated primarily calves and sheep.
Facilities ( then and now )
The population in Ensay has decreased in recent decades. In the past Ensay had a primary school, a number of sports teams and other facilities, such as two larger pubs, two churches, a meeting hall, a scout group and a cemetery. Today there are only a few of these facilities in one form or another.
The Ensay Primary School ( originally just Ensay School) was established in 1889 and received in 1912 a new building. 1971 had three other primary schools in the vicinity include ( Reedy Flat, Ensay North and Tambo Crossing ) and the school were slammed in Ensay. 1994 also had this school be closed after there were only 6 students. Since then older students for Swifts Creek Secondary College kids from Ensay must take the school bus to Swifts Creek Primary School.
The Little River Inn was built in the 1840s as a bar, was served in the grog. 1847, the first fully licensed and has been issued to date alcohol may be served there, which makes the establishment at the population popular. Thus, it is the oldest hotel in the district of Omeo, and probably throughout the eastern Gippsland. The earlier buildings seem to have been very risk from fire, because the guest house burned down at least three times. The current building was built in the 1920s, after the fire of 1921. It is since then at a place formerly called Calcutta Corner and about 1 km outside the village, about 500 meters down a side street east of the Great Alpine Road, is
For many years, the post office of Ensay was operated in a small annex of the Little River Inn. After laying in the grocery business there drew a bookstore, remained there several years, then moved to the building of the former elementary school and was eventually moved to Swift Creek. The Ensay South Hotel in a residential street about 500 meters south of the center opened in 1892 and was closed in 1961.
An ambulance station was opened in 1912 and got Ensay 1958 a new building. In 1978 she was renamed Ensay Community Health Centre. Ensay also has a fire station, which was established in 1940 as Ensay Bushfire Brigade.
Sports
The Ensay Football Club (Australian Football ) played for many decades in the Omeo District Football League ( OFDL ). 1934, 1936, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1950 and 1960, they won the championship in this league. The connected Ensay Netball Club played in the corresponding Netball League.
The colors of Ensay were blue and gold. The ladies of the Netball Clubs wore yellow blouses and blue skirts.
Both clubs played their last competitions in 1995, then took not enough players on and had to close. The sports facilities are still being maintained and there are sometimes special competitions held.
The Ensay Tennis Club plays in the Omeo District Tennis Association ( ODTA ). When the football and Netballteams had to give up, the Tennis Club held a few more years, but made 2001-2003 also his activities a. Since the season 2003/2004, however, he again takes part in the games of the ODTA. In Ensay also the ANA Turin the end of January will be held on Australia Day weekend.
On New Year's a sports carnival in Ensay took place, consisting mainly of equestrian events. He has been aligned since 1916, but no longer takes place recently. On the sports grounds in Ensay also several other equestrian events are taking place and there is also a bowling center.
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Source
- PD Gardner, PD: Names of the Great Alpine Road Between Bairnsdale and Omeo Ngarak Press. Ensay (1997)