| Hoddles Creek Victoria |
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| Population: | 1,061[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3139 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 212 m (696 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarra Ranges | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Gembrook | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Hoddles Creek is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 72 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Yarra Ranges. At the 2006 census, Hoddles Creek had a population of 1,061.[1] It is situated on the banks of Hoddle's Creek, which is, in turn, named after Robert Hoddle. It has a school, Hoddles Creek Primary School.
The Post Office opened as Hoddle's Creek (sic) on 24 May 1862 and closed 1865. It reopened in 1869 (though known as Warburton from 1874 until 1879) and closed in 1967.[2]
Harrie Massey, mathematical physicist spent his early years from 1908 in Hoddles Creek.