Kennett River, Victoria
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| Kennett River Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 38°40′0″S 143°51′0″E / 38.66667°S 143.85000°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 74 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3234 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Colac Otway Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Polwarth | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Wannon | ||||||||||||||
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Kennett River is a town in Colac Otway Shire, Victoria, Australia.
Situated 174 kilometres (108 mi) west of Melbourne, on the Otway Coast portion of the scenic Great Ocean Road, Kennett River is a popular tourist destination 27 kilometres (17 mi) from the resort town of Lorne, Victoria.
The river running through the town was named by surveyor George Smythe after the River Kennet in Berkshire, England.[2]
In 1882, Alex MacLennan and his cousins, the MacReas, were looking for an area suited to farming and fishing. MacLennan chose this site, which he named The Kennet. His cousins settled on the other side of the creek at a site named Wye River.[3]
Kennett River Post Office opened on 15 December 1938 and closed in about 1984.[4]
