Scarsdale is a small town in rural Victoria, Australia, and approximately 25 km south west of
Ballarat
Ballarat ( ) is a city in the Central Highlands (Victoria), Central Highlands of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census, Ballarat had a population of 116,201, making it the third largest city in Victoria. Estimated resid ...
. It is situated in the north-western part of
Golden Plains Shire, on the bank of the
Woady Yaloak River
The Woady Yaloak River is a perennial river of the Corangamite catchment, located in the Western District Lakes region of the Australian state of Victoria.
Location and features
The Woady Yaloak River rises below Black Hill, west of Ballarat ...
and is primarily an agricultural community.
Scarsdale township includes a few community facilities including a primary school, a kindergarten, a general store, Town Hall, Post Office, the Scarsdale Community Park and The Scarsdale Hotel.
The township is built along the
Glenelg Highway, and the highway is the main route to Ballarat (the closet major city).
The Scarsdale-Newtown Avenue Of Honour was established to commemorate WW1. The Avenue is located Glenelg Hwy Scarsdale, in Victoria Australia.
At the
2016 census
Sixteen or 16 may refer to:
*16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17
*one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
Films
* ''Pathinaaru'' or ''Sixteen'', a 2010 Tamil film
* ''Sixteen'' (1943 film), a 1943 Argentine film dir ...
, Scarsdale and the surrounding area had a population of 744.
References
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Golden Plains Shire
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