Modewarre

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Modewarre

| city =

| state = vic

| image = Modewarre Primary School.JPG

| caption = Former Modewarre Primary School

| use_lga_map = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|38|15|58|S|144|07|19|E|display=inline,title}}

| lga = Surf Coast Shire

| postcode = 3240

| pop =

| pop_year =

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| area =

| dist1 = 24

| dir1 = SW

| location1= Geelong

| dist2 = 89

| dir2 = SW

| location2 = Melbourne

| fedgov = Wannon

| stategov = Polwarth

| near-nw = Buckley

| near-n = Buckley

| near-ne = Mount Moriac

| near-w = Wurdiboluc

| near-e = Moriac

| near-sw = Gherang

| near-s = Gherang

| near-se = Paraparap

}}

Modewarre is a locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia.{{cite VICNAMES|102075|Modewarre|access-date=11 June 2014}} The town adjoins Lake Modewarre. In the 2016 census, Modewarre had a population of 276 people.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC21703|name=Modewarre (SSC)|access-date=16 November 2017|quick=on}}

Modewarre Primary School began as a local Anglican school in the 1850s, became a vested National School in 1859, and closed in 1971.{{cite web|title=Modewarre (Primary School No. 396)|url=http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/component/daPublicBaseContainer?component=daViewAgency&breadcrumbPath=Home/Access%20the%20Collection/Browse%20The%20Collection/Agency%20Details&entityId=3379|publisher=Public Record Office Victoria|access-date=11 June 2014}}

A post office at Modewarre opened in 1859 and closed in 1967.{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | publisher = Phoenix Auctions | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Modewarre* | access-date = 3 February 2021}}

The Modewarre Memorial Hall was erected in 1923 in memory of World War I.{{cite web | url=http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/15598 | title=Modewarre Memorial Hall | work=Victorian Heritage Database | access-date=11 June 2014}} The Modewarre Avenue of Honour on Cape Otway Road was planted in 1918, and is the last surviving Avenue of Honour in the Surf Coast Shire. Tree number #33 was planted to honour Albert Jacka, Australia's first winner of the Victoria Cross and a Modewarre local.{{cite web | url=http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/places/result_detail/125598 | title=Modewarre Avenue of Honour | work=Victorian Heritage Database | access-date=11 June 2014}}

The town has a football club, Modewarre Football Club, which has existed since 1878. It currently plays in the Bellarine Football League, but formerly played in the Geelong & District Football League.Cat Country - History of Football In The Geelong Region - John Stoward - {{ISBN|978-0-9577515-8-3}}

Construction of a $350 million world-class training and sports health facility at Modewarre was approved by the Victorian government in October 2020. The Cape Otway Road Australia (CORA) precinct will feature training, sport science, education and medical facilities as well as a 128-room residential hotel, wellness centre and retail village.{{cite web |url=https://www.bay939.com.au/news/local-news/121585-world-class-mega-sport-complex-gets-green-light |title=World class mega-sport complex gets green light |last=McDonald |first=Rebecca |date=2020-10-08 |website=Bay93.9 |publisher=Geelong Broadcasters Pty Limited |access-date=2020-10-08}}