| Type: | town |
| Glenorchy | |
| State: | vic |
| Use Lga Map: | yes |
| Coordinates: | -36.9°N 142.6667°W |
| Pop: | 131 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Postcode: | 3385 |
| Dist1: | 257 |
| Dir1: | NW |
| Location1: | Melbourne |
| Dist2: | 144 |
| Dir2: | NW |
| Location2: | Ballarat |
| Dist3: | 53 |
| Dir3: | SE |
| Location3: | Horsham |
| Dist4: | 23 |
| Dir4: | NW |
| Location4: | Stawell |
| Lga: | Shire of Northern Grampians |
| Stategov: | Lowan |
| Fedgov: | Wannon |
Glenorchy is a town in the Wimmera district of the Australian state of Victoria. The town in located in the Northern Grampians Shire and on the Wimmera River, 257km (160miles) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the, Glenorchy had a population of 131.[1]
The town was established around the "Four Posts Inn", opened in 1847 and within two years boasted a store, smithy and post office. The town was surveyed in 1850 by Robert Buchanan who named it after Glen Orchy in Scotland.[2]
In 2010, Glenorchy was subjected to flooding after the Wimmera River broke its banks.[3]