Located 210 kilometres South West of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Cobden has a growing poulation of 1500.
History
Cobden was founded in the 1840's by Dr daniel Curdie, a pioneer. He settled in the Heytesbury forest area on a small creek not far from where the present day Cobden lies. Dr. Curdie, so overcome by its beauty, christened the area Lovely Banks. The name was later changed to Cobden in honour of Richard Cobden. The Heytesbury Forest attracted logging companies and with them more settlers. Homes were built and stock set to graze on the newly established pasture. In April 1892 a railway was established from Cobden to Timboon and Port Campbell. The train carried out timber and came back loaded with produce and provisions. The prosperity was not to last however and as the Heytesbury forest was reduced in size, most of it surviving in the Jancourt State Forest, The need for freight trains waned. The last train was in 1977 the line has since been removed its place taken by a walking trail. In 1888 Cobden opened a cheese and butter factory the first one in Victoria. today the factory still operates, owned by Bonlac foods limited, and houses the largest milk drying plant in Southern Hemisphere. Today Cobden and it's surrounding area claim to be the "dairy Capital" of the world and with over 140,000 head of cattle in and around the Cobden area they certainly have a right to. 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A pioneer is someone who is first at doing something, or someone who is among a group of such people. ... Richard Cobden Richard Cobden (June 3, 1804 - April 2, 1865) was an English manufacturer and radical politician. ... Port Campbell is a small town on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Part of the reason for the rich soil that surrounds Cobden is its conveniant location against southern border of Lakes and Craters Country, the third largest volcanic plain in the world. Though the volcanos are dormant, the ash they once spewed has enriched the soil greatly.
Cobden was thus relegated to private life, and retiring to his country house at Dunford, he spent his time in perfect contentment in cultivating his land and feeding his pigs.
Cobden had married in 1840 Miss Catherine Anne Williams, a Welsh lady, and left five surviving daughters, of whom Mrs Cobden-Unwin (wife of the publisher Mr Fisher Unwin), Mrs Walter Sickert (wife of the painter) and Mrs.
Cobden, and what is was called "Cobdenism" and later identified with laissez-faire, was subjected to much criticism from the school of English economists who advocated a national policy, on the ideas of Alexander Hamilton and Friedrich List.
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