Newtown, Golden Plains

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Newtown
Victoria
Postcode: 3351[1]
Location:
  • 144 km (89 mi) north west of Melbourne
  • 28 km (17 mi) south west of Ballarat
  • 4 km (2 mi) south of Scarsdale
LGA: Golden Plains Shire

Newtown is a locality situated on Pitfield Road (Lismore - Scarsdale Road) in Golden Plains Shire, 144 km north-west of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia.

A rail trail follows the former railway line from Ballarat to Skipton, and crosses the Woady Yallock Creek on the nearby Nimons Trestle Bridge, which is one of the largest timber trestle bridges in Victoria.[2]

The former recreation reserve, Newtown Cricket and Mustering Reserve, is currently unused. The surrounding grassland is classified as a biodiversity reseve by the Ballarat Environment Network.[3]

Gold Bus Ballarat operates a school bus (route 34) departing from Newtown at 7.50 am to Bray Raceway, Ballarat and stopping at Sebastopol College[4]

[edit] Notable residents

Charles McGrath (1872-1934), politician

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australia Post postcode search
  2. ^ Ballarat Skipton Rail Trail Notes. Bicycle Victoria. Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
  3. ^ Newtown Cricket and Mustering Reserve - BIRD. Retrieved on 2008-06-10.
  4. ^ Gold Bus Ballarat – Routes. Retrieved on 2008-06-10.


Coordinates: 37°42′18.5″S 143°39′16.5″E / -37.705139, 143.654583

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