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Scotchmans Lead, Victoria

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Postcode(s)
  
3352

State electorate(s)
  
Buninyong

Federal division
  
Division of Ballarat

LGA(s)
  
City of Ballarat

Postal code
  
3352

Scotchmans Lead, Victoria

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 its historic days.

Map of Scotchmans Lead VIC 3352, Australia

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.

References

Scotchmans Lead, Victoria Wikipedia