Magpie, Victoria

Magpie Ballarat, Victoria
Magpie
Coordinates	37°37′55″S 143°49′55″E / 37.632°S 143.832°E / -37.632; 143.832Coordinates: 37°37′55″S 143°49′55″E / 37.632°S 143.832°E / -37.632; 143.832
Population	640 (2011 census)[1]
Established	c.1855
Postcode(s)	3352
Location	6 km (4 mi) from Ballarat Central
LGA(s)	City of Ballarat
State electorate(s)	Buninyong
Federal Division(s)	Ballarat
Suburbs around Magpie: Bonshaw Mount Clear Magpie Mount Helen Scotchmans Lead Buninyong

Magpie is a suburb in Ballarat. During the 1850s, gold was found at Frenchmans Lead, which essentially created the township.^[2]

The town is home to Magpie Primary School, a small school, it attracts less than 100 students.^[3]

References

Localities in the City of Ballarat
Addington Alfredton Ascot Bakery Hill Bald Hills Ballarat Central Ballarat East Ballarat North Black Hill Blowhard Bo Peep Bonshaw Brown Hill Buninyong Bunkers Hill Burrumbeet Canadian Cardigan Cardigan Village Chapel Flat Coghills Creek Delacombe Durham Lead Ercildoune Eureka Glen Park Glendaruel Glendonnell Golden Point Gong Gong Invermay Invermay Park Lake Gardens Lake Wendouree Learmonth Lucas Magpie Miners Rest Mitchell Park Mount Bolton Mount Clear Mount Helen Mount Pleasant Mount Rowan Nerrina Newington Redan Scotchmans Lead Scotsburn Sebastopol Soldiers Hill Sulky Tourello Warrenheip Waubra Weatherboard Wendouree Windermere