Glenorchy, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
36°54′0″S 142°40′0″E / 36.90000°S 142.66667°E / -36.90000; 142.66667- 257 km (160 mi) NW of Melbourne
- 144 km (89 mi) NW of Ballarat
- 53 km (33 mi) SE of Horsham
- 23 km (14 mi) NW of Stawell
Glenorchy is a town in the Wimmera district of the Australian state of Victoria. The town in located in the Northern Grampians Shire and on the Wimmera River, 257 kilometres (160 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Glenorchy had a population of 131.[1]
The town was established around the "Four Posts Inn", opened in 1847 and within two years boasted a store, smithy and post office. The town was surveyed in 1850 by Robert Buchanan who named it after Glen Orchy in Scotland.[2]
In 2010, Glenorchy was subjected to flooding after the Wimmera River broke its banks.[3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glenorchy, Victoria.
- ^ a b "2021 Census QuickStats Glenorchy". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ "Glenorchy". Film Ballarat Hepburn and Beyond. Film Victoria. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ "Frustration for Northern Grampians Shire". ABC Western Victoria. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
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Localities in the Shire of Northern Grampians
- Glenorchy
- Great Western^
- Halls Gap^
- Marnoo
- Navarre^
- Pomonal^
- Redbank^
- Rupanyup^
- St Arnaud
- Stawell
- Stuart Mill
- Archdale^
- Archdale Junction^
- Avon Plains
- Banyena
- Barkly^
- Beazleys Bridge
- Bellellen
- Bellfield
- Black Range^
- Bolangum
- Brimpaen^
- Bulgana
- Callawadda
- Campbells Bridge
- Carapooee
- Carapooee West
- Cherrypool^
- Concongella
- Coonooer Bridge^
- Coonooer West
- Cope Cope^
- Crowlands^
- Dadswells Bridge^
- Dalyenong
- Deep Lead
- Dunneworthy^
- Emu^
- Fyans Creek
- Germania
- Glenisla^
- Gooroc
- Gowar East^
- Grays Bridge
- Gre Gre
- Gre Gre North
- Gre Gre South
- Greens Creek
- Illawarra
- Joel Joel
- Joel South
- Kanya
- Kooreh
- Laen^
- Laharum^
- Lake Fyans
- Lake Lonsdale
- Landsborough West^
- Ledcourt
- Logan^
- Lubeck^
- Marnoo East
- Marnoo West
- Mokepilly
- Moolerr
- Morrl Morrl
- Mount Dryden
- Moyreisk
- Natte Yallock^
- Paradise
- Riachella
- Rich Avon East
- Rich Avon West
- Roses Gap
- Rostron
- Shays Flat^
- Slaty Creek^
- St Arnaud East
- St Arnaud North
- Sutherland
- Swanwater
- Swanwater West
- Tottington
- Traynors Lagoon
- Tulkara
- Wal Wal
- Wallaloo
- Wallaloo East
- Wartook^
- Wattle Creek^
- Winjallok
- York Plains
- Zumsteins
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