Grassmere, Victoria

Town in Victoria, Australia

Coordinates38°15′30″S 142°32′28″E / 38.2582°S 142.5411°E / -38.2582; 142.5411

Population385 (SAL 2021)^[1]

Grassmere Victoria
Grassmere
Coordinates	38°15′30″S 142°32′28″E / 38.2582°S 142.5411°E / -38.2582; 142.5411
Population	385 (SAL 2021)^[1]
Postcode(s)	3281
LGA(s)	Shire of Moyne
State electorate(s)	South-West Coast
Federal division(s)	Wannon

Grassmere is a locality in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria, Australia.

The area of Grassmere was taken up for a pastoral property in 1839. In 1842, Thomas Manifold, who was amongst the first settlers in the area, named his pastoral run Grasmere, taking the name from the village of the same name.^[2]

The Grassmere post office opened on 16 May 1884 and closed and closed on 29 October 1993.^[3]

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Grassmere sits are the Eastern Maar People^[4] who are represented by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation.^[5]

References

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Grassmere (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
↑ "Grassmere | Victorian Places". victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
↑ "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions History. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
↑ "Map of formally recognised traditional owners". Aboriginal Victoria. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
↑ "Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation". Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

v t e Localities in the Shire of Moyne
City	Warrnambool^
Town	Allansford^ Bushfield^ Caramut^ Crossley Cudgee Dennington^ Ecklin South^ Garvoc^ Grassmere Hawkesdale Illowa^ Kirkstall Koroit Macarthur Mailors Flat Mortlake Noorat^ Nullawarre Panmure Penshurst^ Peterborough^ Port Fairy Purnim Terang^ Wangoom Winslow Woodford^ Woolsthorpe Yambuk
Locality	Ayrford^ Ballangeich Bessiebelle^ Breakaway Creek^ Broadwater Brucknell^ Byaduk^ Chatsworth^ Codrington Condah Swamp Curdievale^ Darlington^ Dundonnell Ellerslie Framlingham Framlingham East Gazette^ Gerrigerrup Glenormiston North^ Hexham Killarney Knebsworth Kolora^ Laang Lake Condah^ Mepunga Mepunga East Mepunga West Minhamite Minjah Nareeb^ Naringal Naringal East Nerrin Nerrin^ Nirranda Nirranda East^ Nirranda South Nullawarre North Orford Pura Pura^ Purdeet^ Purnim West Rosebrook Southern Cross St Helens Taroon^ Tarrone The Cove The Sisters Toolong Tower Hill Tyrendarra^ Tyrendarra East Wallacedale^ Warrabkook Warrong Willatook Woorndoo^ Yangery^ Yarpturk
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