Mount Camel

proper noun

A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia.

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A locality in the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia.

Origin

Mount Camel was a 40,000 acre sheep run licensed to Margaret Hyde on 4 October 1848. The station was originally known as Mount Campbell, but by the 1870s its name had changed to Mount Camel.

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