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The Moorabool River is a river in Victoria, Australia, which runs for 160 kilometres [1] through several small towns such as Meredith, Anakie, and Staughton Vale. It runs into the Barwon River at Fyansford. It is believed that the name Moorabool derives from an Aboriginal word meaning the cry of a curlew or a ghost. [2]
Moorabool contains a number of heritage listed sites, including: Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Cowies Creek Rail Bridge No. 2 [3] 275 Ballan Road, Moorabool railway station [4] Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Moorabool River Railway Viaduct [5]
It rises in wetlands in Moorabool and debouches at Corio Quay, Corio Bay. After 1909, the Geelong Harbour Trust excavated the mouth of Cowies Creek to create Corio Quay. After 1909, the Geelong Harbour Trust excavated the mouth of Cowies Creek to create Corio Quay.
The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool and on the Geelong-Ballarat railway line, 108 kilometres (67 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Lal Lal and the surrounding area had a population of 476. [1] Lal Lal Falls and the Lal Lal Reservoir on the Moorabool River are to the north-east and east of the town. [2] [3]
The site of the mine and blast furnace operation is now a public reserve known as the Lal Lal-Bungal Historic Area, [62] which is also the site of the Bungal Dam on the Western Moorabool River. The main remnant at the site is the ruin of the blast furnace built in 1880 and last used in 1884. [ 27 ]
Batesford is named after Alfred and John Bates who settled here in 1837 at a place where the river could be forded. The township was surveyed in 1854 and was originally named Hopeton after George Hope whose land it formed a part.
The Lewis Bandt Bridge is an Australian feature bridge over the Moorabool River, close to the southern end of Stage 2 of the Geelong Ring Road.. Section 2 from the Midland Highway to the Hamilton Highway at Fyansford, (along with Section 1), was officially opened on Sunday, 14 December 2008. [1]
Bell Post Hill is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.At the 2016 census, Bell Post had a population of 4,919. [1]The origin of the suburb's name is thought to be from a lookout or warning bell on a post or forked tree situated on the hill overlooking Corio Bay and the Moorabool river known as Morongo estate.