Menzies Creek is a township in
Victoria
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,
Australia
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, 40 km east of
Melbourne's Central Business District
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, located within the Shires of
Cardinia and
Yarra Ranges
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local government area
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s. Menzies Creek recorded a population of 966 at the
2021 census.
[
Menzies' Creek Post Office opened on 2 May 1887 and closed in 1980.]Menzies Creek railway station
Menzies Creek railway station was opened with the line on 18 December 1900. It was named after an early settler John Menzies. On 5 December 1904 it was renamed Aura, after the estate of the Shire President. The station reverted to its previous ...
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.["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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SchoolsMenzies Creek Primary School
is a small school with a distinctive community focus.
Reserves
Menzies Creek Reserve, with two soccer pitches in winter
Monbulk Rangers Soccer Club
and a cricket oval in summer.
See also
* Shire of Sherbrooke
The Shire of Sherbrooke was a local government area about east of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1963 until 1994. Its largest population centre was the town of Belgrave.
H ...
– Menzies Creek was previously within this former local government area.
* Menzies Creek railway station
Menzies Creek railway station was opened with the line on 18 December 1900. It was named after an early settler John Menzies. On 5 December 1904 it was renamed Aura, after the estate of the Shire President. The station reverted to its previous ...
References
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Yarra Ranges
Shire of Cardinia