| Badger Creek Victoria |
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| Population: | 1788 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3777 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 210 m (689 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Seymour | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Badger Creek is a town in Victoria, Australia, 53 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 Census, Badger Creek had a population of 1788.
Badger Creek is near the Healesville Sanctuary and the former Coranderrk Aboriginal Station, now known as the Coranderrk Bushland.
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The creek was named after the wombats in the area which were often called badgers.[2]
Badger Creek was surveyed as a township in 1894, but was not settled to any extent until some time later. The Coranderrk school opened in 1890, being replaced by the Badger Creek school in 1899.[3] The Post Office opened around 1902 as Badger Creek State School, was renamed Badger Creek around 1907 and closed in 1930.[4]
The weir in the Badger Creek reserve was constructed in 1909 and feeds water to the Silvan Reservoir.