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Baxter, Victoria

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Population
  
2,146 (2011 census)

Postcode(s)
  
3911

Area
  
3.1 km²

Local time
  
Wednesday 1:58 AM

Established
  
1890s

State electorate(s)
  
Hastings Mornington

Postal code
  
3911

Baxter, Victoria

Location
  
48 km (30 mi) from Melbourne 7 km (4 mi) from Frankston

LGA(s)
  
Shire of Mornington Peninsula

Weather
  
18°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 66% Humidity

Federal divisions
  
Division of Dunkley, Division of Flinders

Baxter is a township and rural locality in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, beyond the urban area. Its local government area is the Shire of Mornington Peninsula. It is served by Baxter railway station on the Stony Point greater-metropolitan line.

Map of Baxter VIC 3911, Australia

Originally named Baxter's Flat, Baxter was founded by pastoralist Benjamin Baxter, who lived in a property named Carrup Carrup - the Aboriginal name. The property still exists today on what is now the Frankston-Flinders road, as does the original cottage he and his wife Martha lived in. Benjamin Baxter died in 1892 and his gravestone, found in the Frankston Cemetery, reads "Benjamin Baxter, late of h. m. 50th regiment. Died at Currup Currup 15 May 1892, aged 87. Also Martha, beloved wife of above 31 January 1906 age 94 years".

It was at Baxter's Flat that the railway to Mornington and Stony Point (built in the late 1880s) separated. The station was called Mornington Junction before being changed to Baxter, however its role as a junction ended in the 1980s with the closure of the Mornington line. The early township grew around the railway station and a Post Office named Mornington Junction opened on December 1, 1892 (Baxter from 1918)

Other historic cottages in the area include a primitive 1850s homestead called Eurutta (formerly Sage's Cottage), and a 1920s American-style residence called Mulberry Hill.

Baxter Primary School was established in 1890.

References

Baxter, Victoria Wikipedia


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