- Valencia Creek, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Valencia Creek
state = vic
caption =
lga = Shire of Wellington
postcode = 3860
est =
pop =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Gippsland East
fedgov = Gippsland
dist1 = 243
dir1 = E
location1=Melbourne
dist2 = 47
dir2 = N
location2= Sale
dist3 = 27
dir3 = N
location3= Maffra
dist4 = 14
dir4 = NE
location4= BriagolongValencia Creek is a rural town situated in
East Gippsland , Victoria,Australia . It is located on the Boisedale - Valencia Creek Road, north of Maffra in theShire of Wellington . The junction of Valencia Creek and the Avon River are a short distance upstream. The foothills of theGreat Dividing Range start immediately north of Valencia Creek, while Dairy farms stretch away in the South along Avon River flats to Boisdale.Valencia Creek Post Office opened on 23 July 1895, closed next year, reopened in 1900 and closed again in 1974. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]The town centre comprises a fire station, hall and church (no longer doing services), and the former Post office. The local school was consolidated with a number of other surrounding schools to form Boisdale Consolidated School #6207.
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