Cobaw, Victoria

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{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Cobaw

| state = vic

| image = CobawTownEntrySign.JPG

|caption = Entering Cobaw

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| coordinates = {{coord|37|16|S|144|38|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| lga = Shire of Macedon Ranges

| postcode = 3442

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| pop =70 (2016)

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| elevation = 490

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| stategov = Macedon

| fedgov = McEwen

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| near-nw = Carlsruhe

| near-n = Cobaw Range / State Forest.

| near-ne = Benloch

| near-e = Lancefield

| near-se = Rochford

| near-w = Carlsruhe

| near-s = Newham

| near-sw = Newham

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Cobaw is a locality in the Macedon Ranges Shire, in Victoria, situated on Dry Creek. The Cobaw area formerly had its own Post Office and State school,{{cite book|title=Victorian Municipal Directory|year=1956|publisher=Arnall & Jackson|location=Brunswick|page=751}} now closed. Cobaw Post Office opened on 1 December 1887 and closed in 1952.{{Cite web

| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11

| postscript = . }} The Cobaw Range is a section of the Great Dividing Range north of the settlement, running roughly east–west. The ranges are mainly granitic and reach a maximum height of 760m. Most of the western parts of this range are within the boundaries of the Cobaw State Forest. In the 2016 censes Cobaw had a population of 70.{{Cite web|title=2016 Census QuickStats: Cobaw|url=https://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC20584|access-date=2021-03-19|website=quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au|language=en}}