Axedale is in Central Victoria, about 20 kilometres east of Bendigo on the McIvor Highway. With a population of just 571 people, it definitely couldn’t be called a thriving metropolis. I would prefer to call it a peaceful, quite, tiny village, situated alongside the Campaspe river.
Click here to see what Wikipedia has to say about Axedale.
Axedale - Then and Now 
Hi Welcome to geni blogger! I am sure that some of the people from your area may have travelled to WA in search of gold.
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