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Badger Creek

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Yarra Ranges Shire Council VIC, PO Box 105, Badger Creek, VIC 3777
1300 368 333

Description

Badger Creek is a town in Victoria, Australia, 53 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district.

Badger Creek is a town in Victoria, Australia, 53 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2016 census, Badger Creek had a population of 1,563.Badger Creek is near the Healesville Sanctuary and the former Aboriginal reserve, Coranderrk, now known as the Coranderrk Bushland.

History

The creek was named after the wombats in the area which were often called badgers.Badger Creek was surveyed as a township in 1894, but was not settled to any extent until some time later. The Coranderrk school opened in 1890, being replaced by the Badger Creek school in 1899. The Post Office opened around 1902 as Badger Creek State School, was renamed Badger Creek around 1907 and closed in 1930.The weir in the Badger Creek reserve was constructed in 1909 and feeds water to the Silvan Reservoir.

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Type: Towns

Population: 1,001 - 10,000

Time zone: UTC +11:00

Area: 8.975 km2

Elevation: 51 to 200 metres

Town elevation: 158 m

Population number: 1,563

Local Government Area: Yarra Ranges Shire Council

Location

Yarra Ranges Shire Council VIC, PO Box 105, Badger Creek, VIC 3777

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Attribution

This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Badger Creek, Victoria