Skenes Creek North, Victoria

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

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

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = suburb

| name = Skenes Creek North

| city =

| state = vic

| image =

| caption =

| use_lga_map = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|38|41|03|S|143|43|02|E|display=inline,title}}

| lga = Colac Otway Shire

| postcode = 3233

| pop = 16

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC22276 | name = Skenes Creek North (State Suburb) | accessdate = 24 February 2018 | quick = on}}

| area =

| dist1 = 83

| dir1 = SW

| location1= Geelong

| dist2 = 146

| dir2 = SW

| location2 = Melbourne

| fedgov = Corangamite

| stategov = Polwarth

| near-nw = Tanybryn

| near-n = Tanybryn

| near-ne = Tanybryn

| near-w = Apollo Bay

| near-e = Wongarra

| near-sw = Skenes Creek

| near-s = Skenes Creek

| near-se = Wongarra

}}

Skenes Creek North is a locality in the Shire of Colac Otway, Victoria, Australia.{{cite VICNAMES|102740|Skenes Creek North|accessdate=24 February 2018}} In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Skenes Creek North had a population of 16.

A telegraph/post office named "Biddles" opened around June 1920. It was renamed Skene's Creek North on 1 January 1938 and closed on 15 January 1960.{{cite web | url=http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Skene's*Creek*North* | title=Biddles/Skene's Creek North | publisher=Phoenix Auctions | access-date=1 March 2021}}

References

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{{Towns in Colac Otway Shire}}

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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)