Nathalia, Shire of Moira, Victoria, Australia
Postcode: 3638
Description: Town
Location: On Broken Creek, west of Numurkah
Named: Nathalia Narishkina was mother of Peter the Great, Czar of Russia. (Blake)
The origin of the name is unclear. In the mid 1870s news was reportedly received from a passer-by in the Nathalia district that a titled European lady had given birth to a daughter named Nathalia. The story was probably inaccurate. The Queen of Serbia, formerly Natalya Keshko (and alternatively spelt Natalie and Nathalia), was married in 1875 and gave birth to a son in 1876. (Wikipedia)
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute
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Nathalia & District Historical Society
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