Hesket, Victoria
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Hesket | |||||||||||||
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 Hesket Primary School, 2007 | |||||||||||||
  Hesket | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 37°21′S 144°37′E / 37.350°S 144.617°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 650 m (2,130 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 178 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3442 | ||||||||||||
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Hesket is a locality in the Macedon Ranges Shire, in Victoria, Australia on the northern side of the Mount Macedon Range. The settlement was originally known as Ferny Creek.[2]
Hesket Post Office opened on 1 November 1866 and closed in 1971.[3]
Today the locality consists of the Hesket Primary School (State School 1004) and the Hesket-Kerrie CFA fire station.
