Cobaw, Victoria
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Cobaw is a locality in the Macedon Ranges Shire, in Victoria
, situated on Dry Creek.
The Cobaw area formerly had its own Post Office and State school, now closed.
Cobaw Post Office opened on 1 December 1887 and closed in 1952.
The Cobaw Range is a section of the Great Dividing Range
north of the settlement, running roughly east-west. The ranges are mainly granitic
and reach a maximum height of 760m. Most of the western parts of this range are within the boundaries of the Cobaw State Forest.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, situated on Dry Creek.
The Cobaw area formerly had its own Post Office and State school, now closed.
Cobaw Post Office opened on 1 December 1887 and closed in 1952.
The Cobaw Range is a section of the Great Dividing Range
Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the third longest in the world. The range stretches more than 3,500 km from Dauan Island off the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through...
north of the settlement, running roughly east-west. The ranges are mainly granitic
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
and reach a maximum height of 760m. Most of the western parts of this range are within the boundaries of the Cobaw State Forest.