Newtown, Victoria (Golden Plains Shire)
For the suburb of Geelong, see Newtown, Victoria.
| Newtown Victoria | |||||||||||||
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 Nimmons Bridge | |||||||||||||
  Newtown | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°42′0″S 143°39′0″E / 37.70000°S 143.65000°ECoordinates: 37°42′0″S 143°39′0″E / 37.70000°S 143.65000°E | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3351[1] | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Golden Plains Shire | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Buninyong | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Corangamite | ||||||||||||
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Newtown is a locality situated on Pitfield Road (Lismore - Scarsdale Road) in Golden Plains Shire, 144 km north-west of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.
The Post Office opened on 12 November 1868 as Newtown-Scarsdale (to distinguish it from Newtown, now a suburb of Geelong). The office closed in 1957.[2]
The Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail follows the former railway line from Ballarat to Skipton, crossing the Woady Yaloak River on the nearby Nimmons Trestle Bridge, which is one of the largest timber trestle bridges in Victoria.[3]
The former recreation reserve, Newtown Cricket and Mustering Reserve, is currently unused. The surrounding grassland is classified as a biodiversity reserve by the Ballarat Environment Network.[4]
Notable residents
- Charles McGrath (1872–1934), politician
References
- ↑ Australia Post postcode search
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ↑ "Ballarat Skipton Rail Trail Notes" (PDF). Bicycle Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
- ↑ "Newtown Cricket and Mustering Reserve - BIRD". Retrieved 2008-06-10.
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