Lemnos, Victoria

Town in Victoria, Australia

36°21′S 145°27′E / 36.350°S 145.450°E / -36.350; 145.450Population246 (2016 census)^[1]Postcode(s)3630Elevation115 m (377 ft)Location

201 km (125 mi) N of Melbourne
10 km (6 mi) NE of Shepparton
63 km (39 mi) NW of Benalla

LGA(s)City of Greater Shepparton RegionGoulburn ValleyState electorate(s)Shepparton Federal division(s)Nicholls

Lemnos is a locality in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia, on the outskirts of the regional city of Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Lemnos had a population of 369,^[2] which had dropped to 246 at the 2016 census.^[1]

The locality was established in 1927 as a soldier settlement area after the First World War. It was named by Ernest Hill, a returned soldier and soldier settler, after the Greek island of Lemnos, which was an operational base for the Gallipoli campaign and to which wounded Australian soldiers were evacuated.^[3]^[4]

Lemnos has a state school, general store with a post office agency, and a large farming community. Lemnos is also home to a Campbell Soup Company factory.^[4] In 2020, Lemnos was the site of Australia's only surgical mask factory, operated by Med-Con Pty Ltd.^[5]^[6]

References

Media related to Lemnos, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
^ Barlass, Tim (11 April 2015). "Anzac Day 2015: Anzac nurses who treated Gallipoli wounded at hospital island of Lemnos remembered by families". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Lemnos". Victorian Places. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
^ "Defence response to COVID-19". Department of Defence. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ "DAILY UPDATE - Defence response to COVID-19". Department of Defence. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.