Smythesdale
- Local Government Area
- Golden Plains
- Postcode
- 3351
- Population
- 1,189
- Area
- 40.92 km²
- Coordinates
- -37.6392, 143.6820
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Smythesdale
Smythesdale is a town in the Golden Plains Shire of Victoria, Australia, located 19 kilometres west of Ballarat on the Glenelg Highway. Established as a gold rush town in 1853, it peaked with around 1,800 residents in the 1860s. It features heritage-listed bluestone buildings including the police lock-up (1869), old courthouse, and the Court House Hotel.
Nearby localities
- Scarsdale 5 km
- Nintingbool 5 km
- Hillcrest (Vic.) 5 km
- Haddon 6 km
- Ross Creek (Vic.) 7 km
- Newtown (Golden Plains - Vic.) 7 km