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Black Swamp
Now called Balmoral after Queen Victoria's residence in Scotland; about 60km north west of Hamilton.

Appleton, Richard and Barbara, The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places, Melbourne, 1992, p. 18.


Bryan's Creek Crossing
Named after John Bryan who settled here 1839; it is now called Coleraine, a name adopted from a Celtic word for fern covered land. About 30km north west of Hamilton.

Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G., Mckernan, Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney, p 422


Hochkirch
Renamed Tarrington during World War I. About 5 km south east of Hamilton.

Camm, J.C.R. and McQuilton, John(ed.), Australians, a Historical Atlas, Sydney, 1987, p.229.


Grange
Mitchell's name for Violet Creek, a tributary of the Wannon.

Mitchell, Thomas, Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia: with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix and of the present colony of New South Wales, London: T. & W. Boone, 1839, vol.2, p.256.

Foster, William C., Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.293.


Miakite
Now called Merino about 40km west of Hamilton.

O'Callaghan, Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings, together with similar information relative to the capital cities of Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane, and a few of the border stations of New South Wales and South Australia / compiled forth, Melbourne, 1918, p.68.


Mount Sturgeon
The mountain's name remains the same but at first it was also applied to the nearby town of Dunkeld.

Glover, Barbara, Grampians National Park, Moorabbin, 1985, no pagination.


Mount Rouse
Now called Penshurst in Victoria's western district.

Kiddle, Margaret, Men of Yesterday a Social History of the Western District of Victoria 1834-1890, Melbourne, 1962, p.416.


Murndal
An Aboriginal word for thunder was later called Miakite after the Aboriginal name for an adjacent creek; it is now called Merino about 40 km west of Hamilton.

O'Callaghan,Thomas, Names of Victorian Railway Stations with their origins and meanings,…, Melbourne, 1918, p.68.


Redruth
Now called Wannon, about 15 km north west of Hamilton.

Bonwick, James, Western Victoria, its geography, geology, and social condition; …, Melbourne, 1970, p.172.


Sierras
Now called the Serra Range in Victoria's western district.

Levey, George Collins, Hutchinson's Australasion Encyclopaedia, London, 1892, p.338.


Smoky Creek
Now called the Crawford River, a tributary of the Glenelg in Victoria's western district.

Bonwick, James, Western Victoria, its geography, geology, and social condition; …, Melbourne, 1970, p.132..


Soraureen Creek
Mitchell's name for Salt Creek, a tributary of the Glenelg, north west of Casterton.

Foster, William C, Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell and his World, 1792-1855, Sydney, 1985, p.287.


Survey Point
Now known as Gaffneys Creek, about 60km north east of Healesville.

Steenhuis, Luke, Ghost Towns of the Mountain Goldfields, Melbourne, 1999, pp.36-7.


Swampy Creek
Renamed Anglesea in 1885, it is about 40km south west of Geelong.

Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places , Sydney, 1993, p.293.


The Grange
Named after the Grange Burn which runs through the town. Since 1851 it is known as Hamilton in Victoria's western district.

Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest Book of the Road, Sydney, 1999,p.161


The Hopkins
Now called Hexham, about 65km south east of Hamilton.

Bonwick, James, Western Victoria, its geography, geology, and social condition; …, Melbourne, 1970, p.34