Brim, Victoria

Brim is a small town in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located 359 kilometres (223 mi) north west of the state capital, Melbourne on the Henty Highway. It is on the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek. It is in the Shire of Yarriambiack local government area. At the 2016 census, Brim had a population of 171.[1]

Brim
Victoria
Swann Street, the main street of Brim
Brim is located in Shire of Yarriambiack
Brim
Brim
Coordinates36°04′S 142°25′E
Population171 (2016 census)[1]
Established1890
Postcode(s)3391
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Yarriambiack
State electorate(s)Lowan
Federal division(s)Mallee

History

The area was first settled by Europeans in 1846 when the Brim station was established on the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek. When the town was surveyed in 1890, it was laid out over part of the station cemetery. One grave, that of James Simson, is still in good condition on the side of the road now called Simson Street. The station homestead, Willowbank, was built about 1870, and is still standing. There are also stables and other outbuildings from this era.

The Post Office opened on 3 October 1890.[2] The railway arrived in 1893 on the line from Murtoa to Hopetoun. The railway station is no longer standing, but there are large grain silos on the railway station site. The railway tracks were converted to standard gauge in 1995 to allow large trains carrying mineral sands from Hopetoun to Hamilton.[3]

Brim Football Club won the 1914 Mallee Football Association premiership.[4]

Today

Golfers play at the Brim Golf Club at the Recreation Reserve.[5] The Brim Memorial Lawn Bowling club is also located in town playing in the local competition against clubs in nearby towns including Hopetoun and Warracknabeal.[6] There is only one hotel in town, the Commercial Hotel, which is located on the corner of Swann and Dixon streets.[7]

A recent addition to the town (2015) is the painting by the Brisbane artist Guido van Helten of a large scale mural on the grain silo which is a prominent feature of the town.[8]

  • James Simson's grave (1858)
    James Simson's grave (1858)
  • Brim general store (1891)
    Brim general store (1891)
  • Commercial Hotel
    Commercial Hotel
  • Guido Van Helten: Brim silo mural (2015) © Bruce R Mitchell 2016
    Silo mural, painted by Guido van Helten in December 2015

References
  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Brim (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  3. "Hopteoun Line". Infrastructure. VICSIG. 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  4. "1914 - Brim Premiers". Hopetoun Courier and Mallee Pioneer (Vic). 4 September 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  5. Golf Select, Brim, retrieved 11 May 2009
  6. "weretire.com.au - Crazy Domains". www.weretire.com.au.
  7. "Commercial Hotel Brim in Brim, Victoria".
  8. Grindlay, Danielle (7 January 2016). "The people behind Guido van Helten's Brim silo artwork". ABC News.

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