I am currently working on a list of place-names within the Library's catchment area.
This list which includes names, meanings, locations, schools, pastoral runs...
Currently the word count has reached 30,510 words covering nearly 60 pages of text.
A picture emerges of interesting facts, i.e. proving the importance of water in settling this area - Jess's Tank, Cronomby Tanks (the original name for Woomelang) in the arid north of the region, or wells on outstations in the west at Boyeo, Ni Ni, or Propodollah; the evidence of Aboriginal origins in most of the names of places and features; and the disappearance of some locations especially the gold-mining localities around St Arnaud and Stawell - Diamond Hill, Gap Gully, & Tellow Streak. The list will ultimately become available as one of the digital assets on our new website.