Ecklin South, Victoria

Ecklin South Victoria
Ecklin South
Coordinates	38°23′37″S 142°54′36″E / 38.3935°S 142.9100°E / -38.3935; 142.9100
Population	222 (SAL 2021)^[1]
Postcode(s)	3265
LGA(s)	Corangamite Shire Shire of Moyne
State electorate(s)	Polwarth
Federal division(s)	Wannon

Ecklin South is a small town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. It is located mostly in the Shire of Corangamite with a small portion in the Shire of Moyne.

History[edit]

The first school in Ecklin South opened 1868. The town's schools were closed in 1992.^[2]

The Ecklin South post office opened on 5 June 1902 and closed on 30 September 1969.^[3]

The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Ecklin South sits are the Eastern Maar People^[4] who are represented by the Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation.^[5]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ecklin South (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ "Ecklin | Victorian Places". victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions History. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^ "Map of formally recognised traditional owners". Aboriginal Victoria. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ "Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation". Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

v t e Localities in the Shire of Corangamite
Town	Camperdown Cobden Cooriemungle Derrinallum Ecklin South^ Garvoc^ Lismore Noorat^ Peterborough^ Port Campbell Princetown Scotts Creek Simpson^ Skipton^ Terang^ Timboon
Locality	Ayrford^ Berrybank^ Bookaar Boorcan Bostocks Creek Bradvale Brucknell^ Bullaharre Carlisle River^ Carpendeit^ Chapple Vale^ Chocolyn Cobrico Cowleys Creek Cressy^ Cundare North^ Curdies River Curdievale^ Darlington^ Dixie Duverney Elingamite Elingamite North Foxhow Gellibrand Lower^ Glenfyne Glenormiston North^ Glenormiston South Gnotuk Heytesbury Lower Jancourt Jancourt East^ Kariah Kennedys Creek Koallah Kolora^ Larralea Leslie Manor Mingay Mount Bute^ Naroghid Newfield Nirranda East^ Noorat East Paaratte Pirron Yallock^ Pittong^ Pomborneit Pomborneit East Pomborneit North Skibo South Purrumbete Stonyford^ Tandarook Taroon^ Tesbury Timboon West Vite Vite Vite Vite North Waarre Wattle Hill Weerite Werneth^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Localities in the Shire of Moyne
City	Warrnambool^
Town	Allansford^ Bushfield^ Caramut^ Crossley Cudgee Dennington^ Ecklin South^ Garvoc^ Grassmere Hawkesdale Illowa^ Kirkstall Koroit Macarthur Mailors Flat Mortlake Noorat^ Nullawarre Panmure Penshurst^ Peterborough^ Port Fairy Purnim Terang^ Wangoom Winslow Woodford^ Woolsthorpe Yambuk
Locality	Ayrford^ Ballangeich Bessiebelle^ Breakaway Creek^ Broadwater Brucknell^ Byaduk^ Chatsworth^ Codrington Condah Swamp Curdievale^ Darlington^ Dundonnell Ellerslie Framlingham Framlingham East Gazette^ Gerrigerrup Glenormiston North^ Hexham Killarney Knebsworth Kolora^ Laang Lake Condah^ Mepunga Mepunga East Mepunga West Minhamite Minjah Nareeb^ Naringal Naringal East Nerrin Nerrin^ Nirranda Nirranda East^ Nirranda South Nullawarre North Orford Pura Pura^ Purdeet^ Purnim West Rosebrook Southern Cross St Helens Taroon^ Tarrone The Cove The Sisters Toolong Tower Hill Tyrendarra^ Tyrendarra East Wallacedale^ Warrabkook Warrong Willatook Woorndoo^ Yangery^ Yarpturk
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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