Alvie, Victoria
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  Alvie Location in Colac Otway Shire | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 38°14′40″S 143°30′56″E / 38.24444°S 143.51556°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 141 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3249 | ||||||||||||
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Alvie is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It is located along Baynes Road, in the Colac Otway Shire, north-west of Colac. It was named after a Scottish town of the same name, which was the birthplace of James Macpherson Grant, the Minister of Lands.[3] It is situated in what became a rich dairying, potato and onion growing area.[4]
Red Rock Reserve, which incorporates several volcanic craters, is in Alvie. It includes a public lookout.[5]
Alvie Primary School first opened around 1890 as Alvie State School. On 9 September 1952, it became the Alvie Consolidated School, with a number of nearby schools closed (Nalangil, Wool Wool, Dreeite, Dreeite South, Dreeite North, Warrion, Balintore and Ondit) and their students transported to Alvie. A number of buildings from former schools were also transported to Alvie to accommodate the larger student population. The consolidated school operated both primary and post-primary classes (to Intermediate Certificate level) until 1965, then taught primary students only due to decreasing student numbers. In 2020, the school was renamed Alvie Primary School.[6][7]
A post office at Alvie opened on 27 June 1894 and closed on 31 October 1978.[8]
A railway branch line to Alvie from Colac was opened in 1923, mainly to assist the development of soldier settlement in the area after World War I. The line closed in 1954.[9][10]
Alvie Football Netball Club has an Australian rules football and a netball team competing in the Colac & District Football League. The football team, the Swans, has won 12 premierships since World War II.[11]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Alvie (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Alvie (suburb and locality)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
- ^ Kennedy, B: Australian Place Names, p. 5. ABC Books, 2006
- ^ "Alvie". otway.biz. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ "Alvie - Red Rock Scenic Lookouts". Melbourne Playgrounds. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Alvie Primary School - Number 6201". Victorian Schools Directory. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ Blake, L. J. (1973). Vision and Realisation: A Centenary History of State Education in Victoria (Volume 2). Education Department of Victoria. p. 943.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 25 January 2026.
- ^ "Alvie Line". Rail Geelong. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ^ Norman Houghton, The Onion Line: A History of the Colac to Alvie Railway 1923–1954, Norman Houghton, Geelong, 2012.
- ^ Alvie, australianfootball.com, retrieved 2 September 2017
