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Mechanics Institute Hall is located at 906 Arthurs Creek Road, Arthurs Creek, and is a function room available for hire. It is run and maintained by the Arthurs Creek Hall committee. Members of the local community commenced work on the hall in 1886, and a grand concert and ball to celebrate the
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Uniting church. There is also a cricket oval known as Ryders Flat and the Arthurs Creek Cemetery, dating back to the 1840s. The Hazel Glen Cemetery, now the Arthurs Creek Cemetery, was established by Patrick Reid as a private burial ground for his young wife Agnes (née Hay) who died on
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The proclamation of the Duffy Land Act in 1862 saw the beginning of the permanent settlement at
Arthurs Creek. Arthurs Creek began as a horticultural settlement with numerous orchards, with the Post Office opening on 7 October 1889 (it closed in 1972). After the
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Primary School is situated at 900 Arthurs Creek Road, Arthurs Creek VIC 3099, and is a Prep to Grade 6 school. It was opened in 1876. The school and schoolhouse was burnt in 1962 and a new school was built in 1963.
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Stewart's Ponds pastoral run.
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