Arthurs Creek
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Arthurs Creek Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 37°35′S 145°12′E / 37.583°S 145.200°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 478 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3099 | ||||||||||||
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Arthurs Creek is a locality in Victoria, Australia, 33 kilometres north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area. Arthurs Creek recorded a population of 478 at the 2021 census.
It is named after Henry Arthur, a member of John Batman's Port Phillip Association and nephew of George Arthur, a governor of Tasmania. Another source says that it was named by the surveyor Thomas Nutt, supposedly because one of his party, a Mr Arthur, died and was buried in this location.