| Type: | other |
| Wingeel | |
| State: | vic |
| Use Lga Map: | yes |
| Coordinates: | -38.0833°N 143.85°W |
| Lga: | Golden Plains Shire |
| Lga2: | Colac Otway Shire |
| Postcode: | 3321 |
| Pop: | 26 |
| Dist1: | 47 |
| Dir1: | W |
| Location1: | Geelong |
| Dist2: | 66 |
| Dir2: | S |
| Location2: | Ballarat |
| Dist3: | 117 |
| Dir3: | SW |
| Location3: | Melbourne |
| Fedgov: | Corangamite |
| Fedgov2: | Wannon |
| Stategov: | Polwarth |
| Near-Nw: | Barunah Plains |
| Near-N: | Barunah Park |
| Near-Ne: | Barunah Park |
| Near-W: | Weering |
| Near-E: | Hesse |
| Near-Sw: | Eurack |
| Near-S: | Ombersley |
| Near-Se: | Ombersley |
Wingeel is a rural locality in Victoria, Australia. The locality straddles both the Colac Otway Shire and the Golden Plains Shire, the former containing the largest portion.[1] In the 2021 census, Wingeel had a population of 26.
The Western standard gauge railway line passes through Wingeel.[2]
The name is attested as early as 1859, with a listing in The Age for "Country Lots" in Geelong, stating:
Like much of the Western District, the Wingeel area was subject to land subdivision as a result of the Soldier Settlement Scheme in 1950. The region was split up and designated to 10 property owners in the 'Subdivision of the Southern Portion of Barunah Plains Estate', the property owners being:
A memorial plaque commemorates this subdivision, which was erected by the Leigh Valley Lions Club in 2010. It can be found on the southern side of the Hamilton Highway in between Mia Mia Creek and Barunah Plains Road.[3]
A 1999 article in The Age refers to "folks down Wingeel way, on the Hamilton Highway west of Geelong", detailing how an antique World War II-era fire truck continues to be used by the Wingeel fire brigade.[4]
Wingeel has a fire station operated by the CFA and a telephone exchange run by Telstra. Additionally, Wingeel is home to a tennis club, consisting of two tennis courts and a storage shed, which have in recent times been in a state of neglect and disrepair.
Named properties in the area include: