| Yendon | |
| Type: | town |
| State: | vic |
| Lga: | Shire of Moorabool |
| Coordinates: | -37.6333°N 201°W |
| Use Lga Map: | yes |
| Postcode: | 3352 |
| Pop: | 307 |
| Stategov: | Eureka |
| Fedgov: | Ballarat |
| Dist1: | 108 |
| Dir1: | WNW |
| Location1: | Melbourne |
| Dist2: | 13 |
| Dir2: | SE |
| Location2: | Ballarat |
Yendon is a locality in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool, 108km (67miles) west of the state capital, Melbourne and approximately 13km (08miles) south-east of Ballarat. The town was originally called Buninyong East, but was changed in 1879 to Yendon, believed to be an Indigenous Australian word meaning "waterhole".[1]
At the, Yendon had a population of 307.
The Geelong-Ballarat railway line passed through Yendon, and for a while in the early 1860s it was the terminus of the line. The station was originally called Buninyong, but was changed to Yendon in 1876.[2] A substantial two-storey bluestone station building was opened in 1862. It was demolished in 1969,[1] and the stone was reused to construct garden retaining walls at the Ballarat Institute of Advanced Education, now Federation University.[3]
Yendon's first school, the Common School, opened in 1864, and became Yendon State School in 1879. It closed at the end of 1993.[4] [5]