Steels Creek, Victoria
| Steels Creek Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||
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 Steels Creek Road | |||||||||||||
  Steels Creek | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Population | 199 (2011 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3775 | ||||||||||||
| Location | 45 km (28 mi) from Melbourne | ||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Eildon | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Steels Creek is a town in Victoria, Australia, 45 km north-east of Melbourne's central business district, 7 km north of Yarra Glen. Its local government area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2011 census, Steels Creek had a population of 199.<ref name="abs"/
The Post Office, Steel's Creek, opened on 14 March 1890 and closed in 1968.[2]
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
At least 26 houses were destroyed in a major bushfire on 7 February 2009.[3]
2009 bushfire damage
2009 bushfire damage
See also
References
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Steels Creek (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
- ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
- ↑ "Breaking News: 22 feared dead in Steels Creek, 36 Healesville houses lost". Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-11.
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