SALE
Sale is the last (or first if coming
from the east) of the sextuplet major towns in the Latrobe Valley. The
growth of Sale has been mostly of recent times, but that said there is
evidence of heritage care, but developers are hovering.
 
The first white
settler was Archibald McIntosh who arrived in 1844 and established his
'Flooding Creek' property. A Post Office named Flooding Creek opened
on 30th September 1848 being renamed, somewhat belatedly,
as Sale on 1 January 1854 when the new settlement was gazetted; a
tribute to General Sir Robert Sale, a British army officer who won
fame in the first Afghan war before being killed in battle in India in
1845._small.JPG)  
Sale benefited
from the 1851 gold rush at Omeo as it was situated on the Port Albert
to Omeo route and was an important base for the goldfields. In 1863
the population of Sale reached 1800 and it became a borough. The
courthouse opened the following year. Shops, hotels and offices
spilled over into Raymond Street. The Catholic Cathedral
was built in the early 1900’s. The Uniting Church
was built also at that period.
The
Anglican being recited a few blocks east.  
The Gippsland
Times newspaper was established in 1861 while the first Star Hotel and
the Criterion Hotel were built in 1865. A number of other hotels have
since been established.    _small.JPG)
The Sale War
Memorial and Museums are low level acknowledgments to history, and can
possibly attribute to the ‘youth’ factor of the town.
Sale has seen
much redevelopment and development in the past decade one example
being the multi-million dollar redevelopment of the city's Port of
Sale.

There is much to
admire about Sale; the wide streets, the use of gardens and space and
the care with modernization. And there is no doubt heritage is
important. Care will be needed. Allow a day or three when visiting.
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