Steels Creek, Victoria
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| Steels Creek Melbourne, Victoria |
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 Steels Creek Road |
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| Postcode: | 3775 | ||||||||||||
| Location: | 45 km (28 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State electorate: | Seymour | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Steels Creek is a town in Victoria, Australia, 45 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, 6km north of Yarra Glen. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges.
The Post Office, Steel's Creek, opened on 14 March 1890 and closed in 1968.[1]
Steels Creek has a community centre at the site of the public Primary School, which was closed down in 1992 by the Kennett Government.
At least 26 houses were destroyed in a major bushfire on 7 February 2009.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Breaking News: 22 feared dead in Steels Creek, 36 Healesville houses lost". Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader. 11 February 2009. http://lilydale-yarra-valley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/breaking-news-yarra-valley-fire-alert. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
[edit] External links
- Steels Creek, Victoria is at coordinates 37°35′38″S 145°22′26″E / 37.594°S 145.374°ECoordinates: 37°35′38″S 145°22′26″E / 37.594°S 145.374°E
- Steels Creek Estate - one of many wineries in the area.
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