Archies Creek - VIC

  Town

Position

DEG: -38.548489 145.56955
DMS: 38º 32' 54.56" S 145º 34' 10.38" E
UTM: 55 H 5732356mN 375349mE
Altitude: 50.67m

Description

Place Type

Population - Town

Location

2.51kms NorthEast of Dalyston
6.7kms North of Wonthaggi
12.93kms West of Kongwak
16.07kms South of Grantville

Address & Contact

155 Archies Creek Rd
Archies Creek VIC 3995
Phone: +613 5671 2211
Email: basscoast@basscoast.vic.gov.au
Web: https://www.basscoast.vic.gov.au

Information

Archies Creek is a rural village in west Gippsland, 8 km north-west of Wonthaggi. The naming of the creek is obscure, apart from the conjecture that there was an early settler with the surname Archer or Archie.

Farm subdivisions were taken up at Archies Creek in the 1880s in country that was suited to dairying.

About 1902 local milk producers, feeling that dairy factories were not paying them well enough, bought out a small factory at Archies Creek and formed a company composed of local shareholders. The later establishment of the butter factory was the life blood of Archies Creek. It provided employment for over 200 people and the associated workers engendered the need for a hall and an Anglican church. Several stores comprised a village shopping area.

During the years after World War II Archies Creek dairy products were exported to over twenty countries. Notwithstanding the company's growth, dairy factory rationalisations resulted in its takeover by Murray Goulburn in 1972 and subsequent closure in 1983.

Today Archies Creek has a general store, a hotel, a restaurant, a recreation reserve and a public hall.
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Closest Weather Station

Wonthaggi at 21/09:00am EDT
Distance from Archies Creek 6.99km S
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
16.9°C15.9°C75%12.4°C1022.8hPa0.0mmENE9km/hr
5knots
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Closest Climatic Station

Wonthaggi
Distance from Archies Creek 6.99km S
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C23.924.622.619.716.614.213.514.416.018.120.021.9
Mean Min. °C13.013.412.210.38.66.66.16.77.78.810.411.6
Mean Rain mm48.146.761.379.198.296.598.6102.189.287.269.961.2

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