Baddaginnie
Town in Victoria, Australia
Baddaginnie is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the North East railway line, in the Rural City of Benalla, 12 kilometres south-west of Benalla itself on the old Hume Highway.
It is situated in mainly flat unforested country, one kilometre west of Baddaginnie Creek. At the 2021 census, Baddaginnie had a population of 347.
01Etymology
This name was related to Sri Lankan labourers who worked in a railway line project in early 1900. Labourers didn't know English and they only used word "Baddaginnie" during the time of working. "Baddaginnie" meaning hungry (බඩගිනි) in Sinhala.
02History
The town was surveyed in 1857, named after the nearby Baddaginnie Creek, but settlement was slow, a Post Office finally opening on 16 September 1879. A railway station was open and served passengers until July 1978.
Although often mistaken for an Aboriginal word, Baddaginnie may have been named by a surveyor, J.G.W. Wilmot, who had spent some time in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), from baddaginnie (bada-gini - literally 'stomach on fire’), meaning "hungry" (Sinhala: බඩගිනි) in the Sinhala language.
03Sport & Recreation
George "Joey" Palmer, the 1880s Australian test cricketer, died there on 22 August 1910.
Baddaginnie Football Club
- Premierships
- Benalla Wednesday Football Association
- 1909 - Baddaginnie: 6.8 - 44 d Euroa: 4.10 - 34
- Euroa & District Football Association
- 1925 - Baddaginnie: 6.16 - 52 d Strathbogie: 6.9 - 45
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