Box
40 St Arnaud, 3478
Phone: (03)5495 1811
Fax: (03)5495 2308
Principal:
Ian Peel
Assistant
Principal:
Rebecca Montgomery
St. Arnaud
| Population: | Approximately 2,800 |
| Location : | 241 kilometres north-west of Melbourne 105 kilometres west of Bendigo 110 kilometres north of Ballarat |
Town History
St Arnaud's development commenced with the gold rush of 1850. Originally named the New Bendigo Goldfield, the streets were surveyed in 1861 by WM Wills of Burke & Wills explorer fame, who perished while returning from the Gulf of Carpentaria.
New Bendigo changed it's name to St. Arnaud to reflect the local sentiment - New Bendigo had a high French pioneer population - during the Crimean War in 1867 honoring the commander of the French Forces in the Crimean War - Jaques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud. Many streets in the town are named after either battle locations or British military leaders involved in the war. Alma Street, for example, is named after a river where the Siege of Sevastopol was fought and Raglan Street is named after the British Commander-in-Chief at that battle: Lord Raglan.
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