Barwon Heads
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The old Barwon Heads Bridge, 2007 | |||||||||||||
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Interactive map of Barwon Heads | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 38°17′S 144°30′E / 38.283°S 144.500°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
| City | Geelong | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 4,353 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3227 | ||||||||||||
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Barwon Heads (previously known as Point Flinders) is a town on the Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the west bank of the mouth of the Barwon River below Lake Connewarre, and is bounded to the west by farmland, golf courses and the saline ephemeral wetland of Murtnaghurt Lagoon. At the 2021 census, Barwon Heads had a population of 4,353.