Glenorchy, Victoria

Town in Victoria, Australia

Glenorchy
Victoria

The former bakery in Glenorchy, now a residence

Glenorchy

Coordinates| 36°54′0″S 142°40′0″E﻿ / ﻿36.90000°S 142.66667°E﻿ / -36.90000; 142.66667
Population| 131 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)| 3385
Location|

* 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

LGA(s)| Shire of Northern Grampians
State electorate(s)| Lowan
Federal division(s)| Wannon

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

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glenorchy, Victoria.

1. ^ a b "2021 Census QuickStats Glenorchy". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
2. ^ "Glenorchy". Film Ballarat Hepburn and Beyond. Film Victoria. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
3. ^ "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

Town|

* Glenorchy
* Great Western^
* Halls Gap^
* Marnoo
* Navarre^
* Pomonal^
* Redbank^
* Rupanyup^
* St Arnaud
* Stawell
* Stuart Mill

Locality|

* 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

^ \- Territory divided with another LGA

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Cities and towns in the Wimmera region of Victoria

Cities:|

* Ararat
* Horsham
* Stawell

Towns:|

* Dimboola
* Donald
* Kaniva
* Nhill
* St Arnaud
* Warracknabeal

Localities:|

* Antwerp
* Apsley
* Areegra
* Armstrong
* Aubrey
* Balmoral
* Bangerang
* Beulah
* Birchip
* Boolite
* Brim
* Callawadda
* Cannum
* Crymelon
* Dadswells Bridge
* Douglas
* Edenhope
* Glenorchy
* Goroke
* Great Western
* Halls Gap
* Harrow
* Haven
* Jeparit
* Joel Joel
* Jung
* Kellalac
* Kewell
* Kiata
* Laen
* Lah
* Lawler
* Lawloit
* Longerenong
* Lubeck
* Marnoo
* Minimay
* Minyip
* Murra Warra
* Murtoa
* Natimuk
* Netherby
* Pimpinio
* Pomonal
* Rainbow
* Rich Avon West
* Rupanyup
* Serviceton
* Sheep Hills
* Tarraginnie
* Telopea Downs
* Wallup
* Wartook
* Willenabrina
* Yaapeet
* Zumsteins

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