150 year
old Sri Lankan enclaves in Australia.
When I was
in Sydney my friend showed two towns on the map. One was Gampola and the
other Badaginiya.
I thought
they were nearer Sydney.
jksw
We have Borroloola in the NT, rural fishing community, NT Aboriginal meaning for that word
is used for fish that lives in the muddy waters. Those who remember Loola's and
Kanaya's from muddy waters of Sri Lanka can now figure out the rest. This is
not Not Hearsay, my own experience with Police and Aboriginals up here.. We
also haveBorella as a name of a
street and Anula is a name of a Northern suburb in Darwin. SJ . 
Baddaginnie, Victoria, Australia
Baddaginnie town is located 198 km (123 mi) NE of Melbourne,
Australia and one kilometer west of Baddaginnie Creek. Baddaginnie was the name given
to the local township by Sri Lankan (Ceylonese)
Sinhala railway workers
building the Melbourne-Sydney rail line in the 1860s. Although sometimes mistaken for an Australian Aboriginal word, the name
means "hungry" in the Sinhala language (bada is 'stomach' and
ginnie is 'fire').
Shop (a general store) seen in the background is
closed. A wall with post office boxes is in the foreground with the post box
and public phone
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Baddaginnie
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Baddaginnie (Sinhala: බඩගිනී)
is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Albury-Wodonga
railway line, in the Rural City of Benalla, 12 kilometres south-west of Benalla
itself on the old Hume Highway. It is situated in mainly flat unforested
country, one kilometre west of Baddaginnie Creek. At the 2006 census,
Baddaginnie and the surrounding area had a population of 460.
The town was surveyed in 1857, named after the nearby Baddaginnie Creek, but settlement was slow, a Post Office finally opening on 16 September 1879.
George "Joey" Palmer, the 1880s Australian test cricketer, died there on 22 August 1910.
Although sometimes mistaken for an Aboriginal word, the name means "hungry" in the Sinhala language (bada is 'stomach' and ginnie is 'fire'), as the surveyor had spent some time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the survey team may have been without food when it arrived there.
The town was surveyed in 1857, named after the nearby Baddaginnie Creek, but settlement was slow, a Post Office finally opening on 16 September 1879.
George "Joey" Palmer, the 1880s Australian test cricketer, died there on 22 August 1910.
Although sometimes mistaken for an Aboriginal word, the name means "hungry" in the Sinhala language (bada is 'stomach' and ginnie is 'fire'), as the surveyor had spent some time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and the survey team may have been without food when it arrived there.
Although often mistaken for an
aboriginal word, Baddaginnie was the name given to
the local township by Sri Lankan (Ceylonese) Sinhala railway workers building
the Melbourne-Sydney rail line in the 1860s. According to local legend, when
provisions failed to arrive at the settlement, the Sri Lankan laborers named
their camp 'baddaginnie' meaning 'we are starving' or 'empty belly'.
Baddaginnie, a rural locality with a small village, is on the Melbourne-Albury railway line and the old Hume Highway. It is 12 km. south-west of Benalla, situated in mainly flat unforested country, one kilometre west of the Baddaginnie Creek. The site for Baddaginnie was surveyed in 1857. Its named is believed to be derived form an expression learned in Ceylon by the surveyor, meaning 'hungry', as the survey team was without food when it arrived at Baddaginnie. The village was a stopping place for changes of horses on the Sydney road and early industries included grazing, a quarry, vine growing and the cutting of timber for firewood and box wood. The timber cutting was itinerant, which delayed the formation of a sufficiently large settlement for a primary school until 1873.
Baddaginnie, a rural locality with a small village, is on the Melbourne-Albury railway line and the old Hume Highway. It is 12 km. south-west of Benalla, situated in mainly flat unforested country, one kilometre west of the Baddaginnie Creek. The site for Baddaginnie was surveyed in 1857. Its named is believed to be derived form an expression learned in Ceylon by the surveyor, meaning 'hungry', as the survey team was without food when it arrived at Baddaginnie. The village was a stopping place for changes of horses on the Sydney road and early industries included grazing, a quarry, vine growing and the cutting of timber for firewood and box wood. The timber cutting was itinerant, which delayed the formation of a sufficiently large settlement for a primary school until 1873.
Baddaginnie railway station
Baddaginnie
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The station circa 1905 |
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Opened
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19 June
1882
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Closed
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5 July
1978
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Closed
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Baddaginnie is a closed
station located in the township of Baddaginnie, on the North East railway in
Victoria, Australia. The station had a single platform to the west of the broad
gauge line, with the standard gauge line running parallel to it.
The station opened on 19 June 1882 for goods and on 3 July the same year for passenger traffic. A new platform, station building and goods shed were provided in 1908, and these remained until 1960s when it was rebuilt to allow the standard gauge line to run through the goods shed. The broad gauge crossing loop was extended, a new signal box provided, along with a replacement goods siding and shed behind the platform. The station remained open to passengers until 5 July 1978 when with the introduction of the Winter Timetable, it was closed completely. The goods platform was still visible in 2008.
The station opened on 19 June 1882 for goods and on 3 July the same year for passenger traffic. A new platform, station building and goods shed were provided in 1908, and these remained until 1960s when it was rebuilt to allow the standard gauge line to run through the goods shed. The broad gauge crossing loop was extended, a new signal box provided, along with a replacement goods siding and shed behind the platform. The station remained open to passengers until 5 July 1978 when with the introduction of the Winter Timetable, it was closed completely. The goods platform was still visible in 2008.
