Menzies Creek, Victoria

Menzies Creek
Melbourne, Victoria
Menzies Creek
Coordinates 37°55′52″S 145°23′53″E / 37.931°S 145.398°E / -37.931; 145.398Coordinates: 37°55′52″S 145°23′53″E / 37.931°S 145.398°E / -37.931; 145.398
Population 911 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 3159
Location
LGA(s) Yarra Ranges Shire
State electorate(s) Monbulk, Gembrook
Federal Division(s) La Trobe
Localities around Menzies Creek:
Kallista The Patch Kallista
Selby Menzies Creek Clematis
Belgrave South Cardinia Reservoir Clematis

Menzies Creek is a township in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 42 km south-east of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Yarra Ranges Shire. At the 2011 Census, Menzies Creek had a population of 911.[1]

Menzies' Creek Post Office opened on 2 May 1887 and closed in 1980.[2]

Menzies Creek railway station opened on 18 December 1900 with the opening of the Gembrook line. The station name was changed to Aura on 5 December 1904—while the Post Office remained Menzies Creek—but reverted to Menzies Creek on 4 July 1947.

The area is named after James Menzies, a gold digger in the 1860s, who worked the area for many years and is believed to be buried locally.[3]

Schools

Menzies Creek Primary School is a small school with a distinctive community focus.

Reserves

Menzies Creek Reserve, with two soccer pitches in winter (Monbulk Rangers Soccer Club) and a cricket oval in summer.

See also

Menzies Creek railway station

References

  1. 1 2 "2011 Census QuickStats: Menzies Creek". Australia Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
  3. "Story Of The Dandenongs", Helen Coulson, 1959


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