Skenes Creek, Victoria
Suburb of Shire of Colac Otway, Victoria, Australia
38°43′00″S 143°42′30″E / 38.71667°S 143.70833°E / -38.71667; 143.70833Skenes Creek is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, situated in the Shire of Colac Otway.[2] In the 2021 census, Skenes Creek had a population of 249.[1]
The area was named by surveyor George Smythe after his fellow surveyor, Alexander Skene, who became the Victorian Surveyor General in 1868.[2]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Skenes Creek (Suburb and locality)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Skenes Creek (entry 102739)". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
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Localities in the Shire of Colac Otway
- Apollo Bay
- Barongarook
- Barongarook West
- Beeac
- Birregurra^
- Colac
- Cororooke
- Elliminyt
- Forrest
- Gellibrand
- Irrewarra
- Larpent
- Marengo
- Simpson^
- Skenes Creek
- Warrion
- Winchelsea^
- Aire Valley
- Alvie
- Balintore
- Barramunga
- Barunah Plains
- Barwon Downs
- Beech Forest
- Bungador
- Cape Otway
- Carlisle River^
- Carpendeit^
- Chapple Vale^
- Colac East
- Colac West
- Coragulac
- Corunnun
- Cressy^
- Cundare
- Cundare North^
- Dreeite
- Dreeite South
- Eurack
- Ferguson
- Gellibrand Lower^
- Gerangamete
- Glenaire
- Grey River
- Hordern Vale
- Irrewillipe
- Irrewillipe East
- Jancourt East^
- Johanna
- Kawarren
- Kennett River
- Lavers Hill
- Mount Sabine
- Murroon
- Nalangil
- Ombersley^
- Ondit
- Pennyroyal^
- Petticoat Creek
- Pirron Yallock^
- Separation Creek
- Skenes Creek North
- Stonyford^
- Sugarloaf
- Swan Marsh
- Tanybryn
- Warncoort
- Weeaproinah
- Weering
- Whoorel
- Wingeel^
- Wongarra
- Wool Wool
- Wye River
- Wyelangta
- Yeo
- Yeodene
- Yuulong
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
