| Barwon Heads Geelong, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 The old Barwon Heads Bridge, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
  Barwon Heads | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 38°17′S 144°30′E / 38.283°S 144.500°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,875 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3227 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Greater Geelong | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Bellarine | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Corangamite | ||||||||||||||
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Barwon Heads (previously known as Point Flinders[2]) is a coastal township on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, and is bounded to the west by farmland, golf courses and the saline ephemeral wetland of Murtnaghurt Lagoon. At the 2016 census, Barwon Heads had a population of 3,875.[1]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Barwon Heads (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
- ^ "Centenary Celebration Of Shipwreck : Memorial Service at Barwon Heads". The Cairns Post. 5 December 1953. Retrieved 21 July 2012 – via Trove.
