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Inverleigh is a small rural township in Victoria, Australia located west from the City of Geelong and from the state capital, Melbourne. The town is divided between Golden Plains Shire and Surf Coast Shire. In the 2011 census, the central area of Inverleigh had a population of 715. Since the mid-1970s Inverleigh has become a dormitory suburb of Geelong with some residents commuting to Melbourne. The recent opening of the Geelong Ring Road will improve access to Melbourne which should be only a 45-minute drive away.〔Clive Dorman, ''Geelong's housing to attract huge people influx'', Geelong Advertiser 10 May 2008〕 == Early history== Very little has been recorded of the original inhabitants of the area. The few records available are reports of conflict. In the summer of 1837-38 a band of aborigines attacked the lower station of the Clyde Company (near Lullote) with two aborigines being killed and another injured and in 1839 George Russell reported natives sheep duffing.〔Lonsdale, Joan ''Gateway to the West'', Inverleigh progress Association, 1978, p5〕 It has been speculated that the first European to arrive in Inverleigh was William Buckley,〔Lonsdale, Joan, 1978, p5〕 but the first European known to have visited Inverleigh was the surveyor J.H. Wedge who arrived in 1835, probably naming the Leigh River after his Tasmanian farm 'Leighlands'. Very soon thereafter the Weatherboard Station land was taken up either by George Russell or by station manager David Fisher on behalf of The Derwent Company. It was claimed that the weatherboard homestead built by the station manager was Victoria's first weatherboard homestead.〔''A Step into the Past'', Shire of Bannockburn Arts, Crafts and Historical Committee,1985, p 10〕 The name of the station is now commemorated by Weatherboard Road. The Post Office opened on 11 October 1856. The Prefabricated Iron Cottage at 24 Weatherboard Road, Inverleigh, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register for its historical and architectural significance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Inverleigh, Victoria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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