Coleraine, Victoria

Coleraine
View of town from Peter Francis Points Arboretum
Coleraine
Coordinates: 37°36′0″S 141°42′0″E / 37.60000°S 141.70000°E / -37.60000; 141.70000
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total1,383 (2006 census)
Postcode
3315

Coleraine is a town in Victoria, Australia on the Glenelg Highway, 334 kilometres (208 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne and 34 kilometres (21 mi) north-west of Hamilton in the Shire of Southern Grampians local government area. It was named after the town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. At the 2006 census, the urban area of Coleraine had a population of 991.