Hexham, Victoria

Hexham /ˈhɛksəm/ is a township in Victoria, Australia.

Hexham
Town
Hexham
Coordinates: 38°0′0″S 142°41′0″E
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
LGA	Shire of Moyne
Location	250 km (160 mi) WSW of Melbourne 17 km (11 mi) SE of Caramut 16 km (9.9 mi) NW of Mortlake
Government
• State electorate	Polwarth
• Federal division	Wannon
Population
• Total	143 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode	3273

The town is on the Hamilton Highway between Caramut and Mortlake. It sits on the banks of the Hopkins River, Hexham is said to be Victoria's second oldest inland settlement, after Harrow.^[2] The town was a Cobb & Co. staging point for all mail from Hamilton via Caramut, Penshurst and Tarrington and passenger stopover on the route between Geelong and Belfast (Port Fairy).

The hotel was once a regular stop over for miners on their way to the goldfields.

The town used to have a football team that played in the Mt Noorat Football League but it folded in 1984.

The town is located 250 kilometres (155 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne, on the Hamilton Highway between Hamilton and Mortlake.

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Hexham sits are the Eastern Maar People^[3] who are represented by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation.^[4]

The Indigenous language spoken in the area is Djab Wurrung.^[5] The Aboriginal Australian leader Collin Hood lived here with his wife Nora Hood in the mid-19th-century.^[6]