Baddaginnie - VIC

Baddaginnie is a small town in Victoria, located on the North East railway line, 12 kilometres south-west of Benalla and on the old Hume Highway. It is situated in mainly flat unforested country, one kilometre west of Baddaginnie Creek.

The site for Baddaginnie was surveyed in 1857. Its name is believed to be derived from an expression learned in Ceylon by the town's surveyor, J.G.W. Wilmot, meaning ‘hungry’, as the survey team was without food when it arrived at Baddaginnie. The village was a stopping place for changes of horses on the Sydney road. Early industries included grazing, a quarry, vine growing and the cutting of timber for firewood and box wood.