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Town in Victoria, Australia
Town in Victoria, Australia
Lemnos
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Coordinates: 36°21′S 145°27′E / 36.350°S 145.450°E / -36.350; 145.450
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionGoulburn Valley
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation115 m (377 ft)
Population
 • Total246 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode
3630

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,[3] which had dropped to 246 at the 2016 census.[2]

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.[4][5]

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.[5] In 2020, Lemnos was the site of Australia's only surgical mask factory, operated by Med-Con Pty Ltd.[6][7]

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lemnos (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 👁 Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 January 2018. 👁 Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lemnos (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "Lemnos". Victorian Places. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Defence response to COVID-19". Department of Defence. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  7. ^ "DAILY UPDATE - Defence response to COVID-19". Department of Defence. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
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