Lexton, Victoria

Lexton is a town in western Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Pyrenees local government area.

[1] The Post Office opened in the area on 1 July 1848 as Burn Bank and was renamed Lexton in 1854 when the township was settled.

[2] Diarist Charles Evans stopped in the area in 1854 on his way to the Avoca goldfields and described his visit as such: About midday we arrived at Burn Bank.

It is situated in a rich pleasant valley, possesses two Inns, two stores & about a dozen houses.

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