Scotchmans Lead, Victoria

Scotchmans Lead Victoria
Scotchmans Lead
Coordinates	37°40′S 143°51′E / 37.667°S 143.850°E / -37.667; 143.850Coordinates: 37°40′S 143°51′E / 37.667°S 143.850°E / -37.667; 143.850
Postcode(s)	3352
LGA(s)	City of Ballarat
State electorate(s)	Buninyong
Federal Division(s)	Ballarat

Scotchmans Lead, a rural locality 6 km (3.7 statute miles) from Buninyong, in South Western Victoria, Australia, sits between the Yarrowee River, Midland Highway and Scotchmans Lead Road. It has recently been renamed Scotchmans Lead from Yarrowee, after a proposal by the Ballarat City Council to change its name back to its historic days.

Scotchmans Lead was once a prominent mining area and farming area, with many properties still rearing animals such as cows and horses. The former Scotchmans Lead school, itself originally a church, has recently been turned into a bed-and-breakfast.

Scotchman's Lead Post Office opened on 17 January 1865, was renamed Yarrowee in 1875, and closed in 1961.^[1]

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