Framlingham

History

European settlement began around 1840, the village beginning with the establishment of the Brefnay Hotel in about 1848. A store opened within the next decade, and a Presbyterian church in 1870. A great deal of land was cleared of trees to establish dairy farms and other forms of agriculture. Members of the Djargurd Wurrung from the Camperdown area and Gunditjmara people from Warrnambool were also relocated to Framlingham, but Gunditjmara from Portland and Lake Condah refused to settle here due to tension with the other clans, leading to the establishment of the Lake Condah reserve in 1869. The Aboriginal Australian leader Collin Hood lived here with his wife Nora Hood beginning in 1865. In 1867 the reserve was closed by the Central Board appointed by the Government of Victoria and attempts were made to relocate the residents to Lake Condah Mission but in September 1868 the Kirrae Wuurong won the re-establishment of the reserve. Residents of Warrnambool campaigned from 1877 to 1890 to close the reserve and turn it into an experimental agricultural farm, and in 1894 the reserve was reduced to and the majority of the land given to the Council of Agricultural Education. However, the agricultural farm plans never eventuated, with this land becoming the Framlingham Forest. In 1916 the Government of Victoria decided to concentrate Aboriginal Victorians at Lake Tyers Mission in Gippsland. The reserve was eventually closed but some residents were allowed to remain, with the community being granted ownership in 1971 of the they held at that time. In the 1930s, public concern over the conditions led the government to build extra housing and a school, and to provide rations. was passed by the Parliament of Victoria. Under the provisions of that Act, ownership of Framlingham…

Most-observed species

• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  641
• Dianella callicarpa G.W.Carr & P.F.Horsfall

  Dianella callicarpa G.W.Carr & P.F.Horsfall · Liliopsida
  624
• Little Raven

  Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves
  415
• Superb Fairywren

  Malurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves
  391
• Red Wattlebird

  Anthochaera carunculata (Shaw, 1790) · Aves
  377
• New Holland Honeyeater

  Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  365
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  341
• Pacific Black Duck

  Anas superciliosa J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  328

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2026-07-05
  28 km WNW of Apollo Bay, Australia
• M 3.5 — 2023-10-21
  10 km NW of Apollo Bay, Australia
• M 4.8 — 2023-10-21
  16 km WNW of Apollo Bay, Australia
• M 3.8 — 2011-06-01
  45 km NE of Hamilton, Australia
• M 3.5 — 2005-06-30
  59 km S of Port Fairy, Australia