Scotchmans Lead, Victoria Explained

Type:town
Scotchmans Lead
State:vic
Coordinates:-37.6667°N 194°W
Pushpin Label Position:right
Lga:City of Ballarat
Use Lga Map:yes
Postcode:3352
Pop:105
Stategov:Eureka
Fedgov:Ballarat

Scotchmans Lead, a rural locality 6 km (3.7 statute miles) from Buninyong, in South Western Victoria, Australia, sits between the Yarrowee River, Midland Highway and Scotchmans Lead Road. It has recently been renamed Scotchmans Lead from Yarrowee, after a proposal by the Ballarat City Council to change its name back to the name of its historic days.

Scotchmans Lead was once a prominent mining area and farming area, with many properties still rearing animals such as cows and horses. The former Scotchmans Lead school, itself originally a church, has recently been turned into a bed-and-breakfast.

Scotchman's Lead Post Office opened on 17 January 1865, was renamed Yarrowee in 1875, and closed in 1961.