Connewarre () is a locality in

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, is located in the

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and

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, and is named after Lake Connewarre which is situated immediately to its north-east. Connewarre is a version of "kunuwarra", the name of the

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in the

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. At the , Connewarre and the surrounding area had a population of 788. Part of the Eastern Precinct of the large Armstrong Creek Growth Area was within Connewarre when urban development began in 2010, but in 2012, when the new suburb Armstrong Creek was gazetted, Connewarre's boundary was adjusted to exclude the area north of Lower Duneed Road and the west of Baenschs Lane, meaning that all of the Growth Area then lay outside Connewarre. Settlements near Connewarre include Breamlea to the south,

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to the west and

Barwon Heads Barwon Heads (previously known as Point Flinders) is a town on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, and is bounded to the west by fa ...

to the east.

History

The Post Office opened on 9 September 1860 and closed in 1967. An earlier Connewarre office was renamed Mount Duneed. The former Connewarre Primary School has been closed and merged with Mount Duneed Primary School.

Governance

The Connewarre road district was proclaimed in 1856, and extended in 1859 to include the Mount Duneed, Torquay and Breamlea districts. In 1874, it was amalgamated with South Barwon Borough to create the Shire of South Barwon, which was proclaimed a city in 1974. In May 1993, the City of South Barwon was amalgamated with the

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, the

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, the

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, the City of Geelong, the

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, the City of Newtown, and part of the

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, to form the

. In March 1994, the southern-most part of Connewarre was included in the

, on its creation.

References

Towns in Victoria (state) Coastal towns in Victoria (state) Suburbs of Geelong {{BarwonSouthWest-geo-stub