Mount Cottrell
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | town |
| name | Mount Cottrell |
| city | Melbourne |
| state | vic |
| image | MountCottrell.JPG |
| caption | Mount Cottrell |
| lga | City of Melton |
| lga2 | City of Wyndham |
| postcode | 3024 |
| pop | 496 |
| pop_year | |
| pop_footnotes | |
| elevation | 34 |
| alternative_location_map | Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in metropolitan Melbourne |
| coordinates | |
| stategov | Kororoit |
| stategov2 | Tarneit |
| fedgov | Gorton |
| fedgov2 | Hawke |
| fedgov3 | Lalor |
| dist1 | 31 |
| location1 | Melbourne |
| dist2 | 11 |
| location2 | Melton |
| near-nw | Melton South |
| near-n | Rockbank |
| near-ne | Mount Atkinson |
| near-w | Eynesbury |
| near-e | Truganina |
| near-sw | Wyndham Vale |
| near-s | Wyndham Vale |
| near-se | Tarneit |
| local_map | yes |
| zoom | 11 |
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| type = town | name = Mount Cottrell | city = Melbourne | state = vic | image = MountCottrell.JPG | caption = Mount Cottrell | lga = City of Melton | lga2 = City of Wyndham | postcode = 3024 | pop = 496 | pop_year = | pop_footnotes = | est = | elevation = 34 | alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne | pushpin_map_caption = Location in metropolitan Melbourne | coordinates = | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = Kororoit | stategov2 = Tarneit | fedgov = Gorton | fedgov2 = Hawke | fedgov3 = Lalor | dist1 = 31 | location1 = Melbourne | dist2 = 11 | location2 = Melton | near-nw = Melton South | near-n = Rockbank | near-ne = Mount Atkinson | near-w = Eynesbury | near-e = Truganina | near-sw = Wyndham Vale | near-s = Wyndham Vale | near-se = Tarneit | local_map = yes | zoom = 11
Mount Cottrell is a locality in Victoria, Australia, 31 km west of Melbourne's Central Business District, straddling the local government areas of Melton and Wyndham. Mount Cottrell recorded a population of 496 at the 2021 census.
Geography
The locality of Mount Cottrell consists of mainly privately owned open land. It is named after the 203m high mountain it encompasses, Mount Cottrell, the most massive of the Werribee Plains volcanoes, a volcanic cone formed by the radial eruption of numerous lava tongues. The mountain was purchased by Melton Council in 2007 to preserve the significant geological and flora and fauna values on the site.
History
The locality is named after Anthony Cottrell, a member of the Port Phillip association who was allotted the land by the company in about 1835–36. The original "No.10" hut was located about 1.5 km north of the Mount Cottrell summit.
Mount Cottrell Post Office opened on 1 January 1866, closed in 1895, reopened in 1902 and closed again in 1958.
Mount Cottrell massacre
Main article: Mount Cottrell massacre
The Mount Cottrell massacre was a reprisal killing for squatter Charles Franks and his convict shepherd Thomas Flinders by Aboriginal people. Around 10 Wathaurong people were murdered at Mt Cottrell by 17 settlers armed with muskets on 16 July 1836.{{cite book |last=Hocking |first=Geoff |date=2013 |title=Wyndham: Our Story |location= Castlemaine, Victoria |publisher=New Chum Press }}
Residential development
The first residential subdivision in the area, Chartwell Estate, was established in 1957 on the corner of Boundary Road and Downing Street. Blocks were sold sight unseen to English migrants, and in a bid to attract them, the estate was named after Chartwell (Winston Churchill's country house) and streets were given distinctly English names. Only a handful of houses were ever built, due to the remote location and lack of basic infrastructure.
Much of the southern section of Mount Cottrell lies within Melbourne's urban growth boundary and is zoned for urban growth. Residential development of the locality began in the early 2020s, with the area between Leakes Road and the Regional Rail Link the first to be built up.
References
References
- {{Census 2021 AUS
- "Shire or Melton heritage study - Mount Cottrell homestead".
- Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List".
- (2019-07-19). "Massacre Map Australia: The Killing Times". The Guardian.
- "Mt Cottrell, Werribee". Centre For 21st Century Humanities, [[University of Newcastle (Australia)]].
- Wong, Marcus. (2020-03-09). "The ghost of Rosedale Estate in Melbourne's west".
- dev. (2017-09-27). "Chartwell: Old Winston’s aching piles ...".
- (2024-11-12). "VicPlan".
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