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13-477: Elmhurst may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Elmhurst, Victoria United Kingdom [ edit ] Elmhurst, Aylesbury Elmhurst, Staffordshire United States [ edit ] Elmhurst, Sacramento, California Elmhurst, Oakland, California Elmhurst, Delaware Elmhurst, Illinois Elmhurst, Indiana Elmhurst (Connersville, Indiana) , listed on

26-493: A dairy farmer in 1929 by his descendants. Another early producer Kofoeds survived until 1947. The 1960s saw the re-establishment of vineyards in the area by Nathan & Wyeth in conjunction with the French Cognac producer Rémy Martin planting grapes in 1963. The official planting ceremony on 1 June 1963 included Victorian Government Minister for Lands, The Minister of State Development and Avoca Shire President. Since

39-516: A playground. [REDACTED] Media related to Elmhurst, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons This article about a location in Victoria, Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pyrenees (Victoria) The Pyrenees is a wine-producing region centred on the Pyrenees ranges located in Victoria , Australia near the town of Avoca . The Pyrenees Ranges are at

52-926: A province of the West Indies Federation Schools [ edit ] England [ edit ] Elmhurst Infant School in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Elmhurst Junior School in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Elmhurst School, Croydon in Croydon, South London Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham United States [ edit ] Elmhurst High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana Elmhurst University in Elmhurst, Illinois See also [ edit ] Elmhirst (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

65-623: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Elmhurst, Victoria Elmhurst is a town in the Pyrenees region of western Victoria , Australia. The town is on the Pyrenees Highway between Eversley and Amphitheatre . Elmhurst is in the Rural City of Ararat local government area, 191 kilometres (119 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne . The headwaters of

78-538: The Wimmera River form near Elmhurst. At the 2021 census , Elmhurst had a population of 185. Mount Cole and the Mount Buangor State Park are located south of Elmhurst. The general store is now closed. Elmhurst has a small post office that is open limited hours Monday-Friday (9   am - 1   pm). The Elmhurst Recreation Reserve (on Green st) has public toilets, a picnic area and

91-528: The 1970s the region has been a significant producer of full-bodied red wines based on Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon grape varieties. The original eight wineries of the region in the 1970s and 1980s included: Chateau Rémy (now known as Blue Pyrenees Estate), Dalwhinnie Vineyard, Mount Avoca Vineyard , Mountain Creek, Summerfield Vineyards, Redbank Winery (now known as Sally's Paddock ), Taltarni Vineyards and Warrenmang Vineyard. Warrenmang bought Mountain Creek in

104-476: The 1990s and the wineries of the region now number almost thirty with a second wave of plantings and investment in the 1990s. The original vineyards and wineries planted in the 1970 centred around the towns of Moonambel and Avoca . while the 1990s saw large vineyards planted in the Landsborough valley between Landsborough and Elmhurst . Plantings now extend from near Waubra in the south to St Arnaud in

117-867: The National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Indiana Elmhurst, Kansas Elmhurst, Michigan Elmhurst, Queens , New York Elmhurst, Chautauqua County, New York Elmhurst Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Elmhurst, Providence, Rhode Island Elmhurst, Virginia Elmhurst (Fredericksburg, Virginia) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fredericksburg, Virginia Elmhurst, West Virginia Elmhurst (Caldwell, West Virginia) Elmhurst (Wellsburg, West Virginia) Elmhurst, Wisconsin West Indies [ edit ] Elmhurst,

130-524: The name he gave them. He found the area more temperate in climate and better watered than inland New South Wales, and he encouraged settlers to take up land in the region he described as " Australia Felix ". Vines were first planted in the region in 1858 . Several wine growers produced and sold wine in the region in the late 1800s and early part of the twentieth century. The pioneer of the region Edwin Horatio Mackereth had his vineyard sold to

143-417: The north. The main white varieties planted include Sauvignon blanc , Chardonnay and Viognier with smaller plantings of Semillon and Pinot Grigio , while the main varieties of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon are well supported by a range of other varieties from France such as Merlot , Cabernet Franc and Grenache , Italy for Sangiovese , Nebbiolo and Lagrein and Spain for Tempranillo . Tourism

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156-502: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Elmhurst . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elmhurst&oldid=1185274205 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

169-515: The southern end of The Great Dividing Range with altitudes ranging from 300 to over 750 m (approximately 980–2460 ft). Main peaks in the range include Mount Avoca (747 m) and Mount Warrenmang (537 m). The explorer and surveyor Thomas Mitchell was the first European recorded to have travelled through the district on his 1836 journey of exploration. The ranges reminded him of the Pyrenees in Europe where he had served as an army officer, hence

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