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{{Infobox Australian place| type = town
| name = Barwon Downs
| state = vic
| image = Barwon Downs.JPG
| caption = The main street of Barwon Downs with the public hall on the left and the general store on the right (now closed)
| lga = Colac Otway Shire
| postcode = 3243
| est =
| pop = 131
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes=[1]
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|38|28|0|S|143|45|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position =
| elevation=
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| stategov = Polwarth
| fedgov = Corangamite
| dist1 = 151
| dir1 = SW
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 75
| dir2 = SW
| location2= Geelong
| dist3 = 30
| dir3 = SE
| location3= Colac
| near-nw = Gerangamete
| near-n = Murroon
| near-ne = Pennyroyal
| near-w = Forrest
| near-e = Benwerrin
Lorne
| near-sw = Barramunga
| near-s = Barramunga
| near-se = Separation Creek
}}Barwon Downs is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the foothills of the Otway Ranges, {{convert|151|km|mi}} south west of the state capital, Melbourne. The township was proclaimed on 10 May 1910.[1] In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Barwon Downs had a population of 131.[2]

The main industries in the area are agriculture, forestry and tourism. The town has a church, tennis courts and public hall. Barwon Downs also has a local Country Fire Authority (CFA) with members from the local community. Since the 1990s an aquifer in the Barwon Downs area have been used as a supply of water for Geelong in periods of drought.[3]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.cfaconnect.net.au/news/barwon-downs-ult-official-handover.html |title=Barwon Downs ULT official handover |first=Gavin |last=Brien |date=2010-05-17 |accessdate=5 April 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405164526/http://www.cfaconnect.net.au/news/barwon-downs-ult-official-handover.html |archivedate=5 April 2011 |df= }} (*dead link)
2. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC20160 |name=Barwon Downs (State Suburb)|accessdate=17 November 2017|quick=on}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/vic/content/2006/s2387926.htm|title=Transcript Barwon Bore: Has the answer to Geelong's water crisis come at a cost to the environment?|first=Kathy|last=Bowlen|work=Stateline Victoria|publisher=ABC|date=2008-10-10|accessdate=5 April 2011}}

External links

{{Commons category-inline}}{{Towns in Colac Otway Shire}}{{VictoriaAU-geo-stub}}

1 : Towns in Victoria (Australia)

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