Steels Creek, Victoria
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| Coordinates: 37°35′38″S 145°22′26″E / 37.594°S 145.374°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 276 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3775 | ||||||||||||
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Steels Creek is a town and rural locality in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, Victoria, Australia. The settlement is located 45 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district and 7 km north of Yarra Glen, within the Greater Melbourne area. Steels Creek recorded a population of 276 at the 2021 census.[2]
The Post Office, Steels' Creek, opened on 14 March 1890 and closed in 1968.[3]
Steels Creek has a community centre at the site of the public Primary School, which was closed down in 1992 by the Kennett Government.
2009 bushfire
[edit]At least 26 houses were destroyed in a major bushfire on 7 February 2009.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Steels Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b "2021 QuickStats Steels Creek". Australian Bureau if Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 11 April 2008.
- ^ "Breaking News: 22 feared dead in Steels Creek, 36 Healesville houses lost". Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
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