Fish Creek, Victoria

Fish Creek
Victoria
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Fish Creek is located in South Gippsland Shire
Fish Creek
Fish Creek
Coordinates38°41′S 146°05′E / 38.683°S 146.083°E / -38.683; 146.083
Population827 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3959
Location
LGA(s)South Gippsland Shire
State electorate(s)Gippsland South
Federal division(s)Monash
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
19.4 °C
67 °F
9.3 °C
49 °F
847 mm
33.3 in

Fish Creek is a small dairy farming community in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It sits in between the Boon wurrung and Gunai/Kurnai Indigenous regions.[2] At the 2016 census, Fish Creek and the surrounding area had a population of 827.[1] It was named for the many river blackfish in the creek that runs alongside the town.[3]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Fish Creek(State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 November 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Studies, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (10 January 2021). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Fish Creek | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 7 April 2022.