Description
Balintore is a small farming community in south west Victoria, Australia.
Balintore is a small farming community in south west Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 15 km north of Colac.
Balintore is located between Lake Colac and Lake Corangamite.
Dairy and beef farming are the main industries in the area, with onion growing also popular in the past. Balintore once had a primary school. In 1953 there were at least 23 children attending the Balintore primary school. When the school closed the students were then bussed to Alvie Consolidated School.
History
Up to 1890 Balintore was known as the Balintore estate and was a single farming area of 4,072 acres, an area which approximately conforms to the locality's current area.
In 1897 the estate had been broken up and sold off.
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Population: 1-100
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 16.211 km2
Elevation: 51-200 metres
Town elevation: 121 m
Population number: 67
Local Government Area: Colac Otway Shire Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Balintore, Victoria