Orbost
Orbost is a town in eastern Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, 275 km east of Melbourne and 235 kilometers south of Canberra. In Orbost Princes Highway crosses the Snowy River. Orbost is located about 16 km from the coast of Bass Strait removed. According to the Australian census of 2006, the city has 2452 inhabitants. Orbost is a center for cattle, Milchviehhalung and wood processing. In recent years, tourism plays an increasing role, as the city is the largest settlement in the vicinity of the National Parks Snowy River, Alpine, Errinundra and Croajingolong, and the Cape Conran Coastal Park. A special feature is that it basically has no restaurant or grocery store opened in Orbost after 20:00 clock more.
History
Peter Imlay founded in 1842, the Snowy River Station for the livestock and his brother the nearby station in Newmerella. 1845 the land was sold to Norman McLeod, who named it after the Orbost farm in the northwest of the Scottish Isle of Skye.
Gold was in the 1850s in the area of Bendoc discovered in the mountains near the north-east of Orbost, the border with New South Wales, and took care of immigration in this county. To 1868 to about 500 miners and gold miners have given near Bendoc.
The Cameron family settled in 1876 on the fertile alluvial river plain and subsequently, many others came settlers, mainly immigrants from Scotland. The post office was opened on 1 December 1880 and was first called Neumerella. In 1883 it was renamed ' Orbost '. In Newmerella a new post office was opened in 1889, closed in 1897 and reopened in 1921.
1890 Orbost became a town, a bridge over the Snowy River built and furnished a telegraph office. Sawmills emerged in the area and in 1882 the first batch of sawn boards was delivered in Orbost. End of the 1890s, wood was regularly supplied to Melbourne, the coastal ships sailed up the Snowy River to Orbost. The rail link to Melbourne came in 1916 and favored the establishment of further farms further up the river valley, as well as the exploitation original hardwood forests for timber and railway sleepers.
The throughout the 20th century was Orbost quite a successful center for the forestry and agriculture, supplying smaller settlements in the area. In the 1950s and 1960s, new sawmill to use the original forests in the north and east of Orbost settled. But in the 1980s it was recognized in the exploitation of these forests in East Gippsland an environmental problem. This led to the installation or expansion of national parks and a steady decline of the forestry and wood processing. The general decline of the region and its economy led to the closure of the railway in mid -1980s, and the population of Orbost fell from around 4000 to around 2000 the beginning of the 21st century. Furthermore, in 2004 and 2005 logging and forest management a major problem in Goolengook Valley near the Errinundra National Park.
The Snowy Mountains Hydro - system provided for the discharge of water from the Snowy River to the Murray River and the Murrumbidgee River, and the connected distribution systems. In the 1990s, the low water level of the Snowy River was a major problem and established a political campaign, which called for an increase in the water flow from the dam at Jindabyne. The independent candidate Craig Ingram was elected to the Victorian Parliament in 1999 and again in 2002 and participated in a working group, which has led to a greater water flow in the Snowy River.
The small farmer settlements Bendoc, Bonang and Tubbut lie north-east of Orbost. Delegate in New South Wales is from the nearest town of Orbost.
Sports clubs
In Australian Football, the city is represented by the Orbost - Snowy Rovers, who play in the East Gippsland Football League.
Orbost also has a hockey club with a men's, a women's and a junior team, who play in the East Gippsland Hockey Association.
Golfers playing in Orbost Golf Club on Bonang Highway.
Events and Schools
The national parks are subject of such events as the The Wilderness Bike Ride, a bike ride, which is managed by Orbost and was elected in 2004 as the best event of regional tourism in East Gippsland.
The area Orbost has four state primary schools, a Catholic primary school and the state Orbost Secondary College. The city also has an airport, YORB (RBS ).
Well-known residents
- Percival Bazeley, scientists
- Richard Dalla- Riva, politicians
- Jennifer Hansen, TV presenter
- Sarah Hanson -Young politician
- Nick Heyne, football player at St. Kilda
- Craig Ingram, politicians
- Charlie Lynn, politicians
- Molly Meldrum, music critic, journalist, television presenter
- Peter Nixon, politicians
- Lindsay Tanner, politicians
- Michael Voss, former football player, Coll Coach of the Brisbane Lions '' ''