Colac

Colac
Murray Street in Colac
State :  Australia State : Victoria Founded : 1848
Coordinates : 38 ° 20 ′  S , 143 ° 35 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 20 ′  S , 143 ° 35 ′  E Height : 134  m Area : 22.9  km²
Residents : 11,891 (2016) Population density : 519 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 3250 LGA : Colac Otway Shire
Colac

Colac is a city in the south of the Australian state of Victoria . Colac is about 150 kilometers west of Melbourne . Nearby is Lake Colac .

history

The first European settlement in the area was established by Hugh Murray in 1837 . In 1848 the city was founded under the name Lake Colac . In the same year a post office was opened. In 1854 the name of the city was shortened to Colac.

climate

Colac
Climate diagram
J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D.     36   26th 11     35   26th 11     44   24 10     59   19th 8th     71   16 6th     76   13 5     76   13 4th     88   14th 5     77   16 6th     74   18th 7th     58   21st 8th     45   23 9 Temperature in ° C ,  precipitation in mm Source: Bureau of Meteorology, Australia, data: 1969–2002

Economy & Transport

Colac today has about 12,000 inhabitants. In addition to agriculture, tourism is also economically important due to its proximity to the Great Otway National Park and its location on the Princes Highway .

The place has a train station with connections to Warrnambool and Melbourne ( Melbourne Southern Cross Station ).

Town twinning

• Walker (Michigan) , USA

sons and daughters of the town

• Athol Guy (* 1940), musician and politician
• Wayne McCarney (born 1966), racing cyclist
• Wil Traval (born 1980), actor

Web links

Commons : Colac, Victoria  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Colac ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
2. ↑ Bureau of Meteorology, Australia: Klimeinformationen Colac. World Meteorological Organization, accessed April 6, 2012 .