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Yinnar is a tranquil rural township located in the Latrobe Valley, in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Yinnar had a population of 585. The origin of the name Yinnar is believed to have been derived from the Aboriginal term ''yinnar'', meaning 'woman'.〔Mickelethwaite Curr, Edward (1886). ("The Australian Race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent" ), p.320. J. Ferres.〕 File:Yinnar Signs.JPG|Yinnar Signs File:Yinnar Main Street 1.JPG|Main Street File:Yinnar Main Street 2.JPG|Main Street File:Jumbuk Rd Yinnar.JPG|View SE from Main Street == History == Yinnar began its life as a part of ''Scrubby Forest Station'' at Middle Creek, which as its name implies, was pretty heavily wooded. Its southern section was quite mountainous, so its area of practical use was estimated as ten square miles. The first holders were Nicol Brown and Billy Hillier. Eventually they divided the station into two with Middle Creek being the line of division, Brown taking the western half and Hillier the eastern half. Billy's Creek was named after Billy Hillier. They held their leases from 1848 to 1868.〔Morwell Historical Society ("The Four Squatting Stations: Scrubby Forest Station" ) Retrieved on 2010-11-06.〕 George Firmin arrived at Middle Creek in 1874 and took over ''Scrubby Forest West'', which he divided into what was known as the ''Scrubby Forest Run''. Due to this the Firmin family are said to be the first settlers of Yinnar. Other early selectors on ''Scrubby Forest Run'' were Henry Wicks and John Quigley. In 1885 George Firmin handed the license back to the Government so the farming areas were made available to selectors.〔Batza, Hilma (2004) ("Billys Creek" ) Churchill & District News, P.19, Issue 23, Thursday 11 November 2004. Retrieved on 2010-09-22.〕 The town was surveyed in May 1885 and two months later one hundred allotments were auctioned to selectors at the offices of Mr Wicks' agents.〔Latrobe City Council. (2008). ("Latrobe City Heritage Study. Volume 1: Thematic Environmental History" ), Yinnar, p.52. Context Pty Ltd〕 The area called Middle Creek and Scrubby Forest became known as Yinnar in 1879.〔Batza, Hilma (2004) ("Yinnar Primary School: 125 years of history: Part 1" ) Churchill & District News: A Churchill and District History Series: Looking Back... Through the eyes of local residents, P.14, Issue 47, February 2007. Retrieved on 2010-09-22.〕 George Firmin's wife Maria and their eleven children came to live with him in the bark hut at the ''Scrubby Forest Run'' in 1898. They were the first family to live in Yinnar.〔Article (2010) ("Historic Bell Returned To Yinnar" ) Churchill & District News, P.1,2 Issue 87, 15 September 2010. Retrieved on 2010-11-06.〕 File:QuigleyJohn.jpg|John Quigley Many of the first buildings in Yinnar were established in the 1880s by Mr. John Quigley and Mr. Henry Wicks, two of the early settlers in Yinnar. The buildings by Mr Quigley included Quigley's house, a store, a butcher’s shop, a boarding house and a wine saloon. Mr Wicks was the builder of the first hotel.〔 Despite many fires over the years some of the earlier buildings of Yinnar are still around today. On 2 December 1927 the State Electricity Commission of Victoria announced that a supply of electricity had been made available to the town of Yinnar.〔Article "The Argus" Newspaper Melbourne. Vic (1927) ("Electricity for Yinnar ) p.21, Saturday 3 December 1927〕 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「Yinnar, Victoria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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