词条 | Barwon Downs |
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| 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] References1. ^{{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. ^1 {{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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