Boonah, Victoria

Boonah Victoria
Boonah
Coordinates	38°25′32″S 143°58′47″E / 38.42556°S 143.97972°ECoordinates: 38°25′32″S 143°58′47″E / 38.42556°S 143.97972°E
Postcode(s)	3235
Location	46 km (29 mi) SW of Geelong 112 km (70 mi) SW of Melbourne
LGA(s)	Surf Coast Shire
State electorate(s)	Polwarth
Federal Division(s)	Corangamite
Suburbs around Boonah: Deans Marsh Bambra Wensleydale Deans Marsh Boonah Eastern View Pennyroyal Benwerrin Big Hill

Boonah is a rural locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.^[1] In the 2011 census, the population of Boonah was too low to separately report; however in June 2014 the Victorian Electoral Commission recorded 12 enrolled voters in Boonah, living in 11 properties.^[2][3]

The locality was the base for various sawmilling operations from the 1880s.^[4]

Boonah Post Office opened on 24 November 1887, became a receiving office on 21 August 1919, became a post office again on 1 July 1927, and closed on 26 September 1929.^[5] The Boonah State School opened in the late 1800s; its date of closure is unknown.^[6]

Today, most of the locality is protected forest contained in either the Great Otway National Park or the Otway Forest Park; the remainder, located in Boonah's north, is private farmland. The Bambra-Boonah Road, which runs through the latter area, is the only mapped road in the locality.

References

1. "Boonah (entry 100433)". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
2. "2011 Census QuickStats: Lorne". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
3. "Locality Finder" (PDF). Victorian Electoral Commission. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
4. Kellaway, Carlotta. Farmland, Forest & Surf: Environmental History of Surf Coast Shire (PDF). Surf Coast Shire. p. 58.
5. Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Premier Postal Auctions. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
6. "Ordinary Meeting". The Colac Herald. 7 September 1897. Retrieved 26 June 2014.