Scotchmans Lead

Scotchmans Lead
Town
Scotchmans Lead is located in City of Ballarat
Scotchmans Lead
Scotchmans Lead
Coordinates: 37°40′S 143°51′E / 37.667°S 143.850°E / -37.667; 143.850
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total105 (2021 census)[2]
Postcode
3352

Scotchmans Lead, a rural locality 6 km (3.7 statute miles) from Buninyong, in South Western Victoria, Australia, sits between the Yarrowee River, Midland Highway and Scotchmans Lead Road. It has recently been renamed Scotchmans Lead from Yarrowee, after a proposal by the Ballarat City Council to change its name back to the name of its historic days.

Scotchmans Lead was once a prominent mining area and farming area, with many properties still rearing animals such as cows and horses. The former Scotchmans Lead school, itself originally a church, has recently been turned into a bed-and-breakfast.

Scotchman's Lead Post Office opened on 17 January 1865, was renamed Yarrowee in 1875, and closed in 1961.[3]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Scotchmans Lead (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Scotchmans Lead (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  3. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 2 April 2021


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