Happy Valley (Golden Plains Shire)

Happy Valley
Happy Valley
Town
	Happy Valley Location in Golden Plains Shire
	Coordinates: 37°43′12″S 143°36′20″E / 37.72000°S 143.60556°E
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
LGA	Golden Plains Shire;
Government
• State electorates	Eureka; Ripon;
• Federal division	Ballarat;
Population
• Total	87 (SAL 2021)
Postcode	3360
	Localities around Happy Valley

Happy Valley is a locality in Victoria, Australia, in the Local Government Area of the Golden Plains Shire.^[2]

History

Gold was discovered in the area, originally called "Wardy Yallock" (thought to have meant "winding yellow river" of Aboriginal origins) in 1849 as part of the Australian gold rushes, with intensive mining beginning in 1853.^[3] The Aboriginal name is also given as Molong ghip.^[4] Mining Continued until the 1900s. The naming comes from the amount of gold found in the area.^[5]

Demographics

Year	Population
1871	512
1891	239
1911	135
1933	69
1954	25
2016	85^[6]

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/806766 Bailliere’s Victorian gazetteer (1865)
↑ "Native names of hills, rivers, lakes, and other natural features in Victoria" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
↑ "Happy Valley | Victorian Places".
↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.) (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/806766 Bailliere’s Victorian gazetteer (1865)

[4] "Native names of hills, rivers, lakes, and other natural features in Victoria" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[5] "Happy Valley | Victorian Places".

[abs2016-6] Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.) (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

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Town	Anakie^ Bannockburn Batesford^ Cambrian Hill Dereel Durham Lead^ Enfield Haddon Inverleigh^ Lethbridge Linton^ Maude Meredith^ Napoleons Rokewood Ross Creek Scarsdale Shelford Smythes Creek^ Smythesdale^ Teesdale
Locality	Bamganie Barunah Park Berringa Berrybank^ Cape Clear Corindhap Cressy^ Durdidwarrah Garibaldi Gheringhap Glengower^ Grenville^ Happy Valley Hesse Illabarook Mannibadar Morrisons^ Mount Bute^ Mount Cameron^ Mount Mercer Murgheboluc Newtown Nintingbool Piggoreet Pitfield Pittong^ Rokewood Junction Russells Bridge She Oaks Springdallah Staffordshire Reef Steiglitz Stonehaven Stony Creek Sutherlands Creek Wallinduc Werneth^ Willowvale Wingeel^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA