List of places in Victoria named from pastoral runs

This is a list of places in Victoria, Australia that retain the names of pastoral leases or runs that were granted from the late 1830s.

Introduction 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.Butler and Brooke's National Directory of Victoria for 1866-67, unpaginated- section: Squatting Directory. Victoria. 1866. 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.

The list Locality or placeLocal government areaRun namePastoral districtParish 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 Darlingtonowner: Thomas Baynton Gisborne

See also List of localities in Victoria History of Victoria

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