Type: | town |
Lauriston | |
State: | vic |
Use Lga Map: | yes |
Coordinates: | -37.25°N 167°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Lga: | Shire of Macedon Ranges |
Postcode: | 3444 |
Pop: | 236 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Stategov: | Macedon |
Fedgov: | Bendigo |
Dist1: | 91 |
Dir1: | NW |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 65 |
Dir2: | S |
Location2: | Bendigo |
Dist3: | 8 |
Dir3: | W |
Location3: | Kyneton |
Near-Nw: | Denver |
Near-N: | Kyneton |
Near-Ne: | Kyneton |
Near-W: | Denver |
Near-E: | Woodend North |
Near-Sw: | Spring Hill |
Near-S: | Tylden |
Near-Se: | Woodend |
Lauriston is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the Coliban River, in a gully 8km (05miles) west of Kyneton. The Lauriston Reservoir, (which serves Kyneton), is 2km (01miles) south east of the town.
At the, Lauriston had a population of 236.[1]
Lauriston Post Office opened on 1 July 1864 after gold was discovered in the area and closed in 1969. In 2019 Australian folk musician, Alana Wilkinson, recorded a single, "Partner in Crime", at the community's church.[2]