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unusual facts about Healesville


McKenzie's Tourist Services

In 1925 Lorry McKenzie commenced operating a service in Healesville.


Healesville railway line

The Yarra Valley Railway currently run a Walker railcar from Healesville to the Tarrawarra Winery, crossing the Watts River, under the Donovan's Road overbridge and through the tunnel.

Healesville railway station

The Internet Movie Database has Healesville Railway Station as a filming location for the Australian short film Harry's War (1999).

Koo Wee Rup bypass

It is planned to link the Princes Freeway at Pakenham to the South Gippsland Highway at Koo Wee Rup using the existing alignment of the Healesville - Koo Wee Rup Road.

Taungurong people

In March 1863 after three years of upheaval, the surviving leaders, among them Simon Wonga and William Barak, led forty Wurundjeri, Taungurong (Goulburn River) and Bun warrung people over the Black Spur and squatted on a traditional camping site on Badger Creek near Healesville and requested ownership of the site.


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