Wareek

Wareek
Wareek
Town
	Wareek Hall
	Wareek
	Coordinates: 37°00′02″S 143°35′29″E / 37.0004489°S 143.591372°E
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
LGAs	Shire of Central Goldfields; Pyrenees Shire;
Location	183 km (114 mi) NW of Melbourne; 78 km (48 mi) N of Ballarat; 14 km (8.7 mi) W of Maryborough; 18 km (11 mi) N of Avoca;
Government
• State electorate	Ripon;
• Federal division	Mallee;
Population
• Total	37 (2021 census)
Postcode	3465

Wareek is a locality in Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Wareek had a population of 72.^[1]

History

The "largest landholder and possibly the wealthiest" in the area was Charles Wilson from Sunny Park Wareek^[2]^[3]

The Norwood Homestead on Norwood Road (constructed in 1863) is registered on the Register of the National Estate.^[4]

The Wareek Hall was officially opened in August 1914. The opening ceremony included speeches, a concert and concluded with a "bountiful supper".^[5] The centenary of that opening was "celebrated" in August 2014.^[6]^[7]

References

1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wareek". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
↑ "Death of C A Wilson". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 12 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
↑ "Talbot Leader". Talbot Leader. 13 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
↑ "Norwood Homestead". 7 June 1999.
↑ "Wareek hall. Enthusiastic opening". 7 August 1914. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
↑ "Newsletter of the Mechanics' Institutes Of Victoria Inc - Wareek Public Hall, Page 27" (PDF). Mechanics' Institutes Of Victoria. 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
↑ Steed, Lachy (15 August 2014). "Wareek Hall celebrates centenary". Maryborough Advertiser. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

External links

Avoca and District Historical Society

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[abs-1] 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wareek". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 6 June 2026.

[2] "Death of C A Wilson". Maryborough and Dunolly Advertiser. 12 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[3] "Talbot Leader". Talbot Leader. 13 January 1917. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

[4] "Norwood Homestead". 7 June 1999.

[5] "Wareek hall. Enthusiastic opening". 7 August 1914. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[6] "Newsletter of the Mechanics' Institutes Of Victoria Inc - Wareek Public Hall, Page 27" (PDF). Mechanics' Institutes Of Victoria. 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[7] Steed, Lachy (15 August 2014). "Wareek Hall celebrates centenary". Maryborough Advertiser. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

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v t e Localities in the Shire of Central Goldfields
Town	Bealiba^ Carisbrook^ Dunolly^ Maryborough Talbot
Locality	Adelaide Lead Alma Amherst Archdale^ Archdale Junction^ Bet Bet Betley Bowenvale Bromley Caralulup Cotswold Craigie Daisy Hill Dunach Dunluce Eddington^ Emu^ Flagstaff Golden Point Goldsborough^ Havelock Joyces Creek^ Majorca Moliagul^ Moolort^ Moonlight Flat Mount Glasgow Mount Hooghly Natte Yallock^ Rathscar^ Red Lion Simson Strathlea^ Timor Timor West Wareek^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Localities in the Shire of Pyrenees
Town	Amphitheatre Avoca Beaufort Buangor^ Burrumbeet^ Elmhurst^ Lexton Linton^ Moonambel Navarre^ Raglan Redbank^ Skipton^ Smythesdale^ Snake Valley Streatham^ Trawalla Waubra^
Locality	Barkly^ Bo Peep^ Brewster Bung Bong^ Burnbank Carngham Carranballac^ Chepstowe Chute Cross Roads Crowlands^ Ercildoune^ Evansford^ Eversley^ Frenchmans Glenbrae Glenlofty Glenlogie^ Glenpatrick Hillcrest Homebush Lake Goldsmith Lake Wongan Lamplough Landsborough Landsborough West^ Langi Kal Kal Lillicur^ Main Lead Mena Park Middle Creek^ Mount Emu Mount Lonarch Natte Yallock^ Nerring Nowhere Creek Percydale Pittong^ Rathscar^ Rathscar West Shays Flat^ Stockyard Hill Stoneleigh^ Tanwood Wareek^ Warrenmang Waterloo Wattle Creek^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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