Menzies Creek, Victoria

Menzies Creek
Melbourne, Victoria
Menzies Creek; Melbourne, Victoria
	Menzies Creek
Coordinates	37°55′52″S 145°23′53″E / 37.931°S 145.398°E
Population	966 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)	3159
Location	40 km (25 mi) from Melbourne ; 4 km (2 mi) from Belgrave ;
LGA(s)	Shire of Cardinia; Shire of Yarra Ranges;
State electorate(s)	Monbulk
Federal division(s)	Casey; La Trobe;
	Localities around Menzies Creek:

Menzies Creek is a township in Victoria, Australia, 40 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shires of Cardinia and Yarra Ranges local government areas. Menzies Creek recorded a population of 966 at the 2021 census.^[1]

Menzies' Creek Post Office opened on 2 May 1887 and closed in 1980.^[2]

Menzies Creek railway station opened on 18 December 1900 with the opening of the Gembrook line. The station name was changed to Aura on 5 December 1904—while the Post Office remained Menzies Creek—but reverted to Menzies Creek on 4 July 1947.

The area is named after James Menzies, a gold digger in the 1860s, who worked the area for many years and is believed to be buried locally.^[3]

Schools[edit]

Menzies Creek Primary School is a small school with a distinctive community focus.

Reserves[edit]

Menzies Creek Reserve, with two soccer pitches in winter (Monbulk Rangers Soccer Club) and a cricket oval in summer.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Menzies Creek (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 24 March 2021
^ "Story Of The Dandenongs", Helen Coulson, 1959. It is a town noted for its scenic beauty, surrounded by rolling hills of pastureland and shady valleys predominated by the local Soft Tree Fern. One of the more famous residents is the colorful and world's first transgender magician, Phil Ruck (known as the first entertainer to be able to swallow their own arm all the way to the elbow). The creek that runs through town was the site of an alluvial gold mining operation from 1872–1879, and also harbours a well-studied population of mathius mealings crustaceans.

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[abs-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Menzies Creek (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 July 2022.

[a-2] Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 24 March 2021

[3] "Story Of The Dandenongs", Helen Coulson, 1959. It is a town noted for its scenic beauty, surrounded by rolling hills of pastureland and shady valleys predominated by the local Soft Tree Fern. One of the more famous residents is the colorful and world's first transgender magician, Phil Ruck (known as the first entertainer to be able to swallow their own arm all the way to the elbow). The creek that runs through town was the site of an alluvial gold mining operation from 1872–1879, and also harbours a well-studied population of mathius mealings crustaceans.

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v t e Localities in the Shire of Cardinia
City	Officer Pakenham
Town	Avonsleigh Bayles Beaconsfield^ Beaconsfield Upper Bunyip Cardinia Catani Clematis Cockatoo Cora Lynn Emerald^ Garfield Garfield North Gembrook Guys Hill Iona Koo Wee Rup Lang Lang^ Longwarry^ Maryknoll Menzies Creek^ Nar Nar Goon Nar Nar Goon North Nyora^ Officer South Pakenham South Pakenham Upper Tonimbuk Tooradin^ Tynong Tynong North Yannathan
Locality	Bunyip North Caldermeade Dalmore Dewhurst Heath Hill^ Koo Wee Rup North Lang Lang East Modella^ Monomeith Mount Burnett Nangana Rythdale Vervale
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Localities in the Yarra Ranges Shire
City	Chirnside Park Kilsyth^ Lilydale Mooroolbark
Town	Badger Creek Belgrave Belgrave Heights Belgrave South Chum Creek Coldstream Dixons Creek Don Valley East Warburton Emerald^ Ferny Creek Gladysdale Gruyere Healesville Hoddles Creek Kallista Kalorama Launching Place Lysterfield^ Macclesfield Menzies Creek^ Millgrove Monbulk Montrose Mount Dandenong Mount Evelyn Narre Warren East Olinda Powelltown Sassafras^ Selby Seville Seville East Sherbrooke Silvan Steels Creek Tecoma The Patch Toolangi^ Upper Ferntree Gully^ Upwey Wandin East Wandin North Warburton Wesburn Wonga Park^ Woori Yallock Yarra Glen Yarra Junction Yellingbo
Locality	Beenak Big Pats Creek Cambarville Fernshaw Gilderoy Matlock^ McMahons Creek Mount Toolebewong Reefton Tarrawarra Three Bridges Toorongo^ Tremont Yering
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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