This is a list of places in Victoria, Australia which retain the names of pastoral leases or runs which were granted from the late 1830s.
The major reference for the leases is from 1866 when they were established throughout Victoria, and while many had been subdivided the original name was still extant. [1] Eighteen pastoral districts existed at that time, the Settled Districts being generally a coastal strip from suburban Melbourne west to Portland where farming development was encouraged and Colony services were provided. The Swan Hill district included most of what is now The Mallee.
Leases bearing names of geographical features are mainly excluded as the name usually preceded the establishment of the run, for instance Mount Eccles or Fitzroy River.
Many localities listed are named from the parish in which they exist, the parish having been surveyed and gazetted later than the pastoral run and named from the run.County and Parish lists, Victoria 1910
Localities are bounded areas as recognised by the Victorian Registrar of Geographic Names acting under the Geographic Place Names Act (1998), although boundaries are the responsibility of each council. Detailed maps showing locality boundaries within a Local Government Area (LGA) are available on the State Government Victoria's, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI), Land and Survey Spatial Information (LASSI) interactive map website.
Placenames followed by an asterisk are unbounded areas within localities, defined as neighbourhoods.
Locality or Place | Local Government area | Run name | Pastoral District | Parish |
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Kotupna | Shire of Moira | Kotupna | Benalla | |
Terrick Terrick East | Shire of Campaspe | Terrick Terrick Plains | Echuca | |
Bungil | Shire of Towong | Bungil | Beechworth | |
Genoa | Shire of East Gippsland | Genoa | North Gipps Land | |
Benambra | Shire of East Gippsland | Benambra | Beechworth | |
Marysville | Shire of Murrindindi | Maryville | South Gipps Land | |
Gelantipy | Shire of East Gippsland | Gelantiby | Omeo | |
Rodborough | Shire of Central Goldfields | Rodborough Vale | Castlemaine | |
Tarcombe | Shire of Strathbogie | Tarcombe | Benalla | |
St Germains | City of Greater Shepparton | St Germain's | Echuca | |
Ghin Ghin | Shire of Murrindindi | Ghin Ghin | Benalla | |
Birchip | Shire of Buloke | Wirmburchep | East Wimmera | Wirmbirchip |
Cornella | Shire of Campaspe | Cornella Creek | Echuca | |
Tongala | Shire of Campaspe | Tongala | Echuca | |
Bangholme | City of Greater Dandenong | Bangholme | Settled Districts | |
Yawong Hills | Shire of Buloke | Yawong or Springs | Castlemaine | |
Kergunyah | Shire of Indigo | Kergunia | Beechworth | |
Peechelba | Shire of Moira | Peechelba | Benalla | |
Windermere | City of Ballarat | Windermere | Castlemaine | |
Cobungra | Shire of East Gippsland | Cobungra | Omeo | |
Kimbolton | City of Greater Bendigo | Kimbolton | Gisborne | |
Kamarooka | Shire of Loddon | Kamarooka | Echuca | |
Yabba * | Shire of Towong | Yabba | Beechworth | |
Arcadia | City of Greater Shepparton | Arcadia | Benalla | |
Moondarra | Shire of Baw Baw | Moondarra | South Gipps Land | |
Tarrone | Shire of Moyne | Tarrone | Warrnambool | |
Sandmount* | Shire of Moira | Sand Mount | Swan Hill | |
Sunset* | Rural City of Mildura | Sunset | Swan Hill | |
Prairie | Shire of Loddon | Prairie (or Terrick Terrick East) | Echuca | |
Omeo | Shire of East Gippsland | Omeo | Omeo | |
Tootgarook | Shire of Mornington Peninsula | Tootgarook | Melbourne | |
Lawler | Shire of Buloke | Lawler | East Wimmera | |
Glenmore | Shire of Moorabool | Glenmore | Benalla | |
Wonwondah | Rural City of Horsham | Wonwondah | West Wimmera | |
Wahgunyah | Shire of Indigo | Wahgunyah | Beechworth | |
Baynton | Shire of Macedon Ranges | Darlington owner: Thomas Baynton | Gisborne | |
Cadastral divisions in Victoria are called counties, which are further subdivided into parishes and townships, for cadastral or land administration purposes. Cadastral divisions of county, parish and township form the basis for formal identification of the location of any piece of land in the state. There are 37 counties and 2004 parishes and 909 townships. Parishes were subdivided into sections of various sizes for sale as farming allotments, or designated as a town and then divided into sections and these subdivided into crown allotments. However, many parishes do not follow county borders, some being located in more than one county.
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