Cobaw is a locality in the
Macedon Ranges Shire, in
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
, situated on Dry Creek. The Cobaw area formerly had its own Post Office and State school,
now closed. Cobaw Post Office opened on 1 December 1887 and closed in 1952.
The Cobaw Range is a section of the
Great Dividing Range north of the settlement, running roughly east–west. The ranges are mainly
granitic
A granitoid is a generic term for a diverse category of coarse-grained igneous rocks that consist predominantly of quartz, plagioclase, and alkali feldspar. Granitoids range from plagioclase-rich tonalites to alkali-rich syenites and from quartz- ...
and reach a maximum height of 760m. Most of the western parts of this range are within the boundaries of the Cobaw State Forest. In the 2016 censes Cobaw had a population of 70.
References
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Shire of Macedon Ranges
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