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Watsons Creek, Victoria

Coordinates: 37°40′12″S 145°15′29″E / 37.670°S 145.258°E / -37.670; 145.258
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Watsons Creek
Victoria
Population58 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3097
Location31 km (19 mi) from Melbourne
LGA(s)Shire of Nillumbik
State electorate(s)Eildon
Federal division(s)
Localities around Watsons Creek:
Panton Hill Panton Hill Christmas Hills
Panton Hill Watsons Creek Christmas Hills
Kangaroo Ground Kangaroo Ground Kangaroo Ground

Watsons Creek is a bounded locality in Victoria, Australia, 31 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area. Watsons Creek recorded a population of 58 at the 2021 census.

Watsons Creek lies to the north and west of Eltham-Yarra Glen Road.

History

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Watsons Creek was named after Sandy Watson, who farmed fat cattle and sold butter and meat to the miners on the One Tree Hill, Happy Valley and Queenstown diggings.[2]

A Watsons Creek Post Office was open in 1903 and 1904. Watson's Post Office opened on 11 September 1911, was renamed Chiselhurst later that year and closed in 1923.[3]

See also

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  • Shire of Eltham – Watsons Creek was previously within this former local government area.

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Watsons Creek (Vic.) (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 July 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Shire of Nillumbik. "Areas and townships - Watsons Creek". Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  3. ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 10 April 2021.

37°40′12″S 145°15′29″E / 37.670°S 145.258°E / -37.670; 145.258