# Cobden, Victoria

Town in south-western Victoria associated with [Teena Whillas's](/people/christine-frances-whillas-b1947) childhood recollections of her family's dairy farming and schooling.

## Connection to the family

- Teena recalled, “we went and we bought land in Cobden,” and described attending Tandarook South State School. The family's existing chronology identifies its dairy farm as [South Purrumbete](/places/south-purrumbete-victoria); whether “Cobden” describes the wider district or a separate move remains unresolved.[^1]
- See [Tandarook South](/places/tandarook-south-victoria), [Teena's interview](/documents/interview-teena-mclean-2026), and the relevant [open question](/open-questions#teena-birth-residence-and-chronology-questions).

[^1]: The interview does not date the move precisely. The existing family-history source places the South Purrumbete farm around 1954.

## Sources

- [Interview with Teena McLean, interviewed by Erika Whillas, 16 Aug 2026](/documents/interview-teena-mclean-2026).
- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1950s* sheet.