Branxholme, Condah & Myamyn
Local History & Settlers
South-West Victoria, Australia
Branxholme, a rural settlement on the Arrandoovong Creek in the Parish of Branxholme situated on the main road (track) north from Portland to Hamilton in south-west Victoria, Australia.

Condah, a rural settlement south of Branxholme in the Parish of Green Hills situated on the main road (track) north from Portland to Hamilton in south-west Victoria, Australia. The name Condah (aboriginal word for swamp), does not appear to have been used until after 1850, prior to that it was known as Green Hills. The first settlers in the area were the squatters and the first Pastoral Runs and occupiers around in the Condah area were...

  • "Green Hills" - Henry Nicholas LOUGHNAN, 1840
  • "Whittlebury" - John BLAND, 1842
  • "Bassetts" - Christopher BASSETT, 1842
  • "Lake Condon" - George COGHILL, 1843
  • "Crawford" - Henry MONRO, 1843
  • "Greenvale" - John Barclay, Jul 1846
Myamyn, a rural settlement in the Parish of Myamyn situated south of Condah on the main road (track) north from Portland to Hamilton in south-west Victoria, Australia. The name Myamyn is aboriginal word for meeting place or camp.

Local Publications

  1. BENNETT, Gwen : "Watering Holes of the West", A study of hotels, inns and breweries in the City of Portland and former Shire of Heywood, Victoria, Australia, 1997
  2. C.W.A. Representatives : "Outline of Branxholme History" : "Hamilton Spectator" 20 November, 1954
  3. GARDEN, Don : "Hamilton A Western District History", 1984
  4. SAVILLE, Vanda : "Dear Friends, They Wept, but Weakened Never" (Condah), 1978
  5. SAVILLE, Vanda : "Tapestry, Within of the Shire of Portland", 1979
  6. WALTER, Agnes V. : "Branxholme Presbyterian Church : Outline History 1862-1962", 1962

Historical material (family stories, events, articles, images) for these pages would be appreciated.