Boonah, Victoria

Boonah
Victoria
Boonah
Coordinates 38°25′32″S 143°58′47″E / 38.42556°S 143.97972°E / -38.42556; 143.97972Coordinates: 38°25′32″S 143°58′47″E / 38.42556°S 143.97972°E / -38.42556; 143.97972
Postcode(s) 3235
Location
LGA(s) Surf Coast Shire
State electorate(s) Polwarth
Federal Division(s) Corangamite
Suburbs around Boonah:
Deans Marsh Bambra Wensleydale
Deans Marsh Boonah Eastern View
Pennyroyal Benwerrin Big Hill

Boonah is a rural locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.[1] In the 2011 census, the population of Boonah was too low to separately report; however in June 2014 the Victorian Electoral Commission recorded 12 enrolled voters in Boonah, living in 11 properties.[2][3]

The locality was the base for various sawmilling operations from the 1880s.[4]

Boonah Post Office opened on 24 November 1887, became a receiving office on 21 August 1919, became a post office again on 1 July 1927, and closed on 26 September 1929.[5] The Boonah State School opened in the late 1800s; its date of closure is unknown.[6]

Today, most of the locality is protected forest contained in either the Great Otway National Park or the Otway Forest Park; the remainder, located in Boonah's north, is private farmland. The Bambra-Boonah Road, which runs through the latter area, is the only mapped road in the locality.

References

  1. ↑ "Boonah (entry 100433)". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "2011 Census QuickStats: Lorne". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Locality Finder" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Commission. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Kellaway, Carlotta. Farmland, Forest & Surf: Environmental History of Surf Coast Shire (PDF). Surf Coast Shire. p. 58.
  5. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ordinary Meeting". The Colac Herald. 7 September 1897. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
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