Allans Flat, Victoria

Allans Flat Victoria
Allans Flat
Coordinates	36°16′S 146°54′E
Population	318 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3691
LGA(s)	Shire of Indigo
State electorate(s)	Benambra
Federal division(s)	Indi

Allans Flat is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located along Osbornes Flat Road, north-east of Yackandandah. The areas around the town were mined for gold between the 1850s and 1904 though without sufficient population for a Post Office until 26 October 1876.^[2]

History

The town was surveyed and proclaimed in 1905. The Post Office closed in 1975.^[2]

Sport & Recreation

Allans Flat FC colours in 1924

In 1897, Osborne's Flat Football Club won the Weiss Football Trophy, in a competition between Osborne's Flat, Gundowring and Yackandandah.^[3]

The Allans Flat Football Club appears to of first been established in 1890.^[4]

The club was intermittently active over the next 15 years, then competed in the Murphy's Albion Hotel (Yackandandah) Football Association in 1906.^[5]

The club won a premiership in 1923 -

• Allans Flat & District Football Association
  • 1923 - Allan's Flats: 3.5 - 23 d Dederang: 0.6 - 6^[6]

Allan's Flat competed in the Kiewa Football Association from 1924 to 1926 and were runners up in 1925.

• 1925 - Tallangatta: 13.10 - 88 defeated Allan's Flat: 8.9 - 57^[7][8]

Allans Flat FC then competed in the Yackandandah & District Football League from 1929 to 1931, then appears to have gone into recess in 1932.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Allans Flat (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
3. "1897 - Football". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 6 August 1897. p. 2. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
4. "1890 - To the Editor". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 20 September 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
5. "1906 - Allans Flat". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 30 August 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
6. "1923 - Allan's Flat and District Association". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 31 August 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
7. "1925 - Football". The Yackandandah Times (Vic). 4 September 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
8. "1925 - Football: TROPHY COMES TO TALLANGATTA". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 3 September 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 19 August 2024.