Chetwynd District Pioneers & History
Rural Settlement north of Casterton in South-west Victoria, Australia
Rural Settlement north of Casterton in South-west Victoria, Australia
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Chetwynd District Pioneers & History
Rural Settlement north of Casterton in South-west Victoria, Australia |
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Chetwynd,
is a township on the Chetwynd River, a tributary of the Glenelg River, situated north of Casterton in south-west Victoria, Australia. Granville Chetwynd STAPYLTON was Major MITCHELL's second-in-command on his epic exploration of Western Victoria in 1836 (Ref: "Place names of Victoria", Les Blake). Link to Mitchell's journey through this area. Chetwynd Pastoral Run was a part of the original Kout Narin Pastoral Run occupied by Thomas NORRIS in Apr 1840. It was then occupied in Sep 1852 by WILLIS & SWANSTON and taken over in Sep 1859 by by J. J CAMPBELL and H. A. ELMS.
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