Skenes Creek North, Victoria Explained

Type:suburb
Skenes Creek North
State:vic
Use Lga Map:yes
Lga:Surf Coast Shire
Lga2:Shire of Colac Otway
Postcode:3233
Pop:16
Dist1:83
Dir1:SW
Location1:Geelong
Dist2:146
Dir2:SW
Location2:Melbourne
Fedgov:Corangamite
Stategov:Polwarth
Near-Nw:Tanybryn
Near-N:Tanybryn
Near-Ne:Tanybryn
Near-W:Apollo Bay
Near-E:Wongarra
Near-Sw:Skenes Creek
Near-S:Skenes Creek
Near-Se:Wongarra

Skenes Creek North is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia, situated in the Shire of Colac Otway.[1] In the, Skenes Creek North had a population of 16.

A telegraph/post office named "Biddles" opened around June 1920. It was renamed Skene's Creek North on 1 January 1938 and closed on 15 January 1960.[2]

Notes and References

  1. 24 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Biddles/Skene's Creek North . Phoenix Auctions . 1 March 2021.