| Town/Locality |
Current Shire |
Longitude |
Latitude |
| Laanecoorie |
Loddon |
143.911 |
-36.826 |
| Laang |
Moyne |
142.811 |
-38.368 |
| Labertouche |
Baw Baw |
145.796 |
-38.03 |
| Laburnum |
Whitehorse City |
145.14 |
-37.824 |
| Laceby |
Wangaratta Rural City |
146.292 |
-36.457 |
| Ladies Gully (near Castlemaine) |
Mount Alexander |
~144.24 |
~-37.06 |
| Ladys Pass |
Greater Bendigo City |
144.692 |
-36.826 |
| Laen |
Yarriambiack |
142.773 |
-36.441 |
| Laen East |
Buloke |
142.899 |
-36.4 |
| Laen North |
Buloke |
142.827 |
-36.379 |
| Lah |
Yarriambiack |
142.42 |
-36.127 |
| Laharum |
Horsham Rural City |
142.332 |
-36.912 |
| Lake Banyenong (see Lake Buloke) |
Buloke |
142.931 |
-36.326 |
| Lake Benetook |
Mildura Rural City |
142.105 |
-34.247 |
| Lake Boga |
Swan Hill Rural City |
143.638 |
-35.449 |
| Lake Bolac |
Ararat Rural City |
142.836 |
-37.692 |
| Lake Buloke |
Buloke |
142.931 |
-36.326 |
| Lake Bunga |
East Gippsland |
148.036 |
-37.864 |
| Lake Burrumbeet (early alternate name for Burrumbeet) |
Ballarat City |
143.642 |
-37.493 |
| Lake Charm |
Gannawarra |
143.816 |
-35.59 |
| Lake Condah |
Glenelg |
141.816 |
-38.087 |
| Lake Cooper |
Campaspe |
144.8 |
-36.483 |
| Lake Coorong (now called Hopetoun) |
Yarriambiack |
142.358 |
-35.722 |
| Lake Eildon |
Mansfield |
145.962 |
-37.189 |
| Lake Eppalock |
Greater Bendigo City |
144.562 |
-36.873 |
| Lake Fyans |
Northern Grampians |
142.625 |
-37.137 |
| Lake Gardens |
Ballarat City |
143.814 |
-37.548 |
| Lake Goldsmith |
Pyrenees |
143.388 |
-37.534 |
| Lake Hindmarsh |
Hindmarsh |
141.835 |
-36.088 |
| Lake Lonsdale |
Northern Grampians |
142.625 |
-37.043 |
| Lake Marmal |
Loddon |
143.52 |
-36.145 |
| Lake Meering (now called Appin) |
Gannawarra |
143.873 |
-35.88 |
| Lake Meran |
Gannawarra |
143.784 |
-35.882 |
| Lake Moodemere |
Indigo |
146.385 |
-36.053 |
| Lake Mundi |
Glenelg |
141.089 |
-37.492 |
| Lake Powell |
Swan Hill Rural City |
142.94 |
-34.719 |
| Lake Rowan |
Moira |
145.98 |
-36.264 |
| Lake Tutegong |
South Gippsland |
145.895 |
-38.73 |
| Lake Tyers |
East Gippsland |
148.126 |
-37.842 |
| Lake Tyers Beach |
East Gippsland |
148.065 |
-37.86 |
| Lake Tyrrell |
Buloke |
142.835 |
-35.341 |
| Lake View |
East Gippsland |
149.8 |
-37.525 |
| Lake Weeroona |
Greater Bendigo City |
144.291 |
-36.748 |
| Lake Wellington |
Wellington |
147.317 |
-38.094 |
| Lake Wendouree |
Ballarat City |
143.833 |
-37.551 |
| Lake Wongan |
Pyrenees |
143.147 |
-37.606 |
| Lakes Entrance |
East Gippsland |
148 |
-37.855 |
| Lakeside |
Cardinia |
145.458 |
-37.932 |
| Laketown |
Surf Coast |
144.12 |
-38.22 |
| Lal Lal |
Moorabool |
144.026 |
-37.666 |
| Lalbert |
Gannawarra |
143.437 |
-35.648 |
| Lalbert Road |
Swan Hill Rural City |
143.43 |
-35.536 |
| Lalla Rookh (also called Truganina) |
Wyndham City |
144.735 |
-37.836 |
| Lallat (name changed to Rupanyup in 1876) |
Yarriambiack |
142.671 |
-36.567 |
| Lalor |
Whittlesea City |
145.005 |
-37.668 |
| Lamplough |
Pyrenees |
143.513 |
-37.155 |
| Lancaster (near Shepparton) |
Campaspe |
145.126 |
-36.315 |
| Lancaster (now called Crossover) |
Baw Baw |
145.969 |
-38.06 |
| Lance Creek |
Bass Coast |
145.669 |
-38.548 |
| Lancefield |
Macedon Ranges |
144.714 |
-37.266 |
| Landsborough |
Pyrenees |
143.141 |
-37.028 |
| Landsborough West |
Pyrenees |
143.106 |
-37.029 |
| Lang Lang |
Cardinia |
145.571 |
-38.284 |
| Lang Lang East |
Cardinia |
145.655 |
-38.272 |
| Langdons Hill |
Hepburn |
144.062 |
-37.417 |
| Langi Kal Kal |
Pyrenees |
143.491 |
-37.385 |
| Langi Logan |
Ararat Rural City |
142.922 |
-37.395 |
| Langkoop |
West Wimmera |
141.077 |
-37.102 |
| Langley |
Mount Alexander |
144.496 |
-37.15 |
| Langsborough |
Wellington |
146.666 |
-38.652 |
| Langville |
Gannawarra |
143.825 |
-35.855 |
| Langwarrin |
Frankston City |
145.194 |
-38.154 |
| Langwarrin South |
Frankston City |
145.192 |
-38.19 |
| Lansberg[h] Mains (now called Korobeit) |
Moorabool |
144.336 |
-37.584 |
| Lara |
Greater Geelong City |
144.41 |
-38.012 |
| Lardner |
Baw Baw |
145.872 |
-38.225 |
| Larpent |
Colac Otway |
143.507 |
-38.359 |
| Larralea |
Corangamite |
143.231 |
-38.051 |
| Larundel |
Swan Hill Rural City |
142.792 |
-35.095 |
| Lascelles |
Yarriambiack |
142.606 |
-35.564 |
| Last Chance (near Tarnagulla) |
Loddon |
~143.83 |
~-36.78 |
| Launching Place |
Yarra Ranges |
145.576 |
-37.786 |
| Lauraville |
Mansfield |
146.188 |
-37.47 |
| Lauriston |
Macedon Ranges |
144.355 |
-37.248 |
| Lavers Hill |
Colac Otway |
143.373 |
-38.667 |
| Laverton |
Hobsons Bay City |
144.771 |
-37.86 |
| Laverton North |
Wyndham City |
144.786 |
-37.835 |
| Lawler |
Buloke |
142.76 |
-36.367 |
| Lawloit |
West Wimmera |
141.418 |
-36.473 |
| Lawrence |
Hepburn |
143.896 |
-37.33 |
| Layard (original name of Modewarre) |
Surf Coast |
144.11 |
-38.275 |
| Le Roy |
Latrobe City |
146.533 |
-38.39 |
| Leaghur |
Loddon |
143.799 |
-35.983 |
| Learmonth |
Ballarat City |
143.723 |
-37.423 |
| Leawarra |
Frankston City |
145.14 |
-38.156 |
| Ledcourt |
Northern Grampians |
142.566 |
-36.989 |
| Leeor |
West Wimmera |
141.059 |
-36.392 |
| Leichardt |
Loddon |
144.031 |
-36.685 |
| Leigh (see The Leigh) |
Golden Plains |
143.939 |
-37.975 |
| Leigh Creek |
Moorabool |
143.96 |
-37.562 |
| Leitchville |
Gannawarra |
144.304 |
-35.888 |
| Leitpar |
Mildura Rural City |
142.646 |
-35.102 |
| Lemnos |
Greater Shepparton City |
145.473 |
-36.346 |
| Leneva |
Wodonga Rural City |
146.895 |
-36.207 |
| Leneva West |
Wodonga Rural City |
146.855 |
-36.228 |
| Leonards Hill |
Hepburn |
144.137 |
-37.414 |
| Leongatha |
South Gippsland |
145.936 |
-38.474 |
| Leongatha North |
South Gippsland |
145.969 |
-38.422 |
| Leongatha South |
South Gippsland |
145.851 |
-38.558 |
| Leopold |
Greater Geelong City |
144.461 |
-38.187 |
| Lerderderg |
Moorabool |
144.419 |
-37.519 |
| Leslie Manor |
Corangamite |
143.379 |
-38.106 |
| Leslies Gully (near Ararat) |
Ararat Rural City |
~142.98 |
~-37.27 |
| Lethbridge |
Golden Plains |
144.082 |
-37.951 |
| Letts Beach |
Wellington |
147.423 |
-38.19 |
| Lettsford (see Ellerslie) |
Moyne |
142.654 |
-38.126 |
| Levianthan Reef |
Central Goldfields |
143.71 |
-37.035 |
| Lexton |
Pyrenees |
143.516 |
-37.258 |
| Liardets Beach (later called Sandridge and then Port Melbourne) |
Port Phillip City |
144.93 |
-37.838 |
| Liberty Flat |
Mount Alexander |
144.345 |
-37.157 |
| Licola |
Wellington |
146.569 |
-37.604 |
| Licola North |
Wellington |
146.546 |
-37.52 |
| Lightning Creek |
Towong |
147.473 |
-36.689 |
| Lillico |
Baw Baw |
145.963 |
-38.125 |
| Lillicur |
Central Goldfields |
143.605 |
-37.174 |
| Lillimur |
West Wimmera |
141.138 |
-36.453 |
| Lilliput (near Rutherglen) |
Indigo |
146.455 |
-36.129 |
| Lilliput (now called Burkes Flat) |
Loddon |
143.56 |
-36.637 |
| Lilydale |
Yarra Ranges |
145.37 |
-37.763 |
| Lima |
Benalla Rural City |
145.947 |
-36.747 |
| Lima East |
Benalla Rural City |
145.962 |
-36.815 |
| Lima South |
Benalla Rural City |
146.019 |
-36.835 |
| Lime Kilns (now called Boxwood) |
Benalla Rural City |
145.811 |
-36.327 |
| Limestone |
Murrindindi |
145.548 |
-37.273 |
| Limestone Creek |
Hepburn |
144.129 |
-37.205 |
| Limonite |
South Gippsland |
146.197 |
-38.448 |
| Lindenow [Flat] |
East Gippsland |
147.466 |
-37.798 |
| Lindenow South |
East Gippsland |
147.418 |
-37.872 |
| Lindsay |
Glenelg |
141.116 |
-37.605 |
| Lindsay Point |
Mildura Rural City |
141.034 |
-34.138 |
| Linga |
Mildura Rural City |
141.667 |
-35.188 |
| Linger and Die (near Avoca) |
Pyrenees |
~143.44 |
~-37.15 |
| Linger and Die Gully (near Daylesford) |
Hepburn |
144.095 |
-37.365 |
| Lingtinbol (near Smythesdale) |
Golden Plains |
~143.69 |
~-37.65 |
| Linton[s] |
Golden Plains |
143.56 |
-37.699 |
| Lintons Diggings (now called Linton) |
Golden Plains |
143.56 |
-37.699 |
| Liparoo |
Swan Hill Rural City |
142.579 |
-34.819 |
| Liptrap |
South Gippsland |
145.94 |
-38.824 |
| Lismore |
Corangamite |
143.36 |
-37.96 |
| Litchfield[s] |
Buloke |
142.836 |
-36.296 |
| Little Bendigo (early goldfield at Nerrina) |
Ballarat City |
143.888 |
-37.549 |
| Little Bendigo (suburb of Castlemaine) |
Mount Alexander |
144.231 |
-37.083 |
| Little Chinamans (near Dunolly) |
Central Goldfields |
~143.69 |
~-36.86 |
| Little Desert |
Hindmarsh |
141.743 |
-36.492 |
| Little Diggings (near Maldon) |
Mount Alexander |
~144.08 |
~-37. |
| Little Eltham (was separate but now part of Eltham) |
Nillumbik |
145.163 |
-37.721 |
| Little Hampton |
Hepburn |
144.287 |
-37.364 |
| Little Hard Hills |
Golden Plains |
143.78 |
-37.76 |
| Little Limerick (now called Bengworden) |
East Gippsland |
147.439 |
-37.976 |
| Little Plain (see The Brothers) |
East Gippsland |
147.79 |
-36.938 |
| Little River |
Greater Geelong City |
144.449 |
-37.923 |
| Little Scotland (see Geelong West) |
Greater Geelong City |
144.343 |
-38.14 |
| Little Snowy Creek |
Towong |
147.222 |
-36.509 |
| Little Yarra Junction (renamed Yarra Junction in 1908) |
Yarra Ranges |
145.625 |
-37.798 |
| Liverpool |
South Gippsland |
146.266 |
-38.67 |
| Livingston |
Latrobe City |
146.345 |
-38.48 |
| Livingstone [Creek/Diggings] (early locality in the Omeo area) |
East Gippsland |
147.594 |
-37.076 |
| Llanelly |
Loddon |
143.826 |
-36.727 |
| Llowalong |
Wellington |
147.033 |
-37.906 |
| Loch |
South Gippsland |
145.716 |
-38.376 |
| Loch Glen |
Alpine |
147.13 |
-37 |
| Loch Sport |
Wellington |
147.585 |
-38.053 |
| Loch Valley |
Baw Baw |
146.007 |
-37.804 |
| Lochend |
East Gippsland |
148.52 |
-37.735 |
| Lockhart's Creek (see Charleroi) |
Indigo |
~147.15 |
~-36.32 |
| Lockington |
Campaspe |
144.496 |
-36.272 |
| Locksley |
Strathbogie |
145.317 |
-36.844 |
| Lockwood (near Bendigo) |
Greater Bendigo City |
144.168 |
-36.816 |
| Lockwood (now called Belgrave South) |
Yarra Ranges |
145.354 |
-37.943 |
| Lockwood South |
Greater Bendigo City |
144.145 |
-36.871 |
| Loddon Vale |
Loddon |
143.946 |
-36.009 |
| Log Landing |
Gannawarra |
144.34 |
-35.775 |
| Logan |
Loddon |
143.487 |
-36.597 |
| Londonderry |
Ararat Rural City |
142.729 |
-37.226 |
| Londrigan |
Wangaratta Rural City |
146.436 |
-36.347 |
| Long Forest |
Moorabool |
144.504 |
-37.657 |
| Long Gully (1853 goldfield at Moliagul) |
Central Goldfields |
~143.65 |
~-36.76 |
| Long Gully (1854 goldfield at Creswick) |
Hepburn |
~143.89 |
~-37.42 |
| Long Gully (1854 goldfield at Steiglitz) |
Golden Plains |
~144.19 |
~-37.87 |
| Long Gully (1855 goldfield at Blackwood) |
Moorabool |
~144.31 |
~-37.49 |
| Long Gully (1856 goldfield at St Andrews) |
Nillumbik |
~145.3 |
~-37.589 |
| Long Gully (1857 goldfield at Waranga) |
Campaspe |
~145.06 |
~-36.52 |
| Long Gully (1858 goldfield at Armstrong) |
Ararat Rural City |
~142.88 |
~-37.22 |
| Long Gully (1859 goldfield at Talbot) |
Central Goldfields |
~143.7 |
~-37.18 |
| Long Gully (1866 goldfield at Maldon) |
Mount Alexander |
~144.08 |
~-37.0 |
| Long Gully (1866 goldfield at Wedderburn) |
Loddon |
~143.59 |
~-36.43 |
| Long Gully (1869 goldfield at Alexandra) |
Murrindindi |
~145.74 |
~-37.2 |
| Long Gully (1885 goldfield now called Cassilis) |
East Gippsland |
~147.6 |
~-37.21 |
| Long Gully (near Heathcote) |
Greater Bendigo City |
~144.72 |
~-36.91 |
| Long Gully (near Piggoreet) |
Golden Plains |
~143.64 |
~-37.73 |
| Long Gully (near Waanyarra) |
Loddon |
~143.81 |
~-36.82 |
| Long Gully (see Whroo) |
Campaspe |
~145. |
~-36.67 |
| Long Gully (suburb of Bendigo) |
Greater Bendigo City |
144.258 |
-36.745 |
| Long Plains |
Buloke |
142.92 |
-35.42 |
| Long Point (near Creswick) |
Hepburn |
~143.89 |
~-37.42 |
| Long Swamp |
Indigo |
146.885 |
-36.314 |
| Longerenong |
Horsham Rural City |
142.338 |
-36.679 |
| Longford (near Sale) |
Wellington |
147.154 |
-38.239 |
| Longford (now called Pakenham) |
Cardinia |
145.486 |
-38.072 |
| Longlea |
Greater Bendigo City |
144.428 |
-36.775 |
| Longwarry |
Baw Baw |
145.781 |
-38.124 |
| Longwarry East (now called Hallora) |
Baw Baw |
145.838 |
-38.27 |
| Longwarry North |
Baw Baw |
145.772 |
-38.08 |
| Longwood |
Strathbogie |
145.409 |
-36.807 |
| Longwood East (earlier name of Old Longwood) |
Strathbogie |
145.439 |
-36.822 |
| Lord Clyde (near Smeaton) |
Hepburn |
~143.96 |
~-37.3 |
| Lorne |
Surf Coast |
143.922 |
-38.524 |
| Lorquon |
Hindmarsh |
141.765 |
-36.147 |
| Louisville |
Alpine |
147.12 |
-37.06 |
| Loutit Bay (now called Lorne) |
Surf Coast |
143.922 |
-38.524 |
| Lovat |
Colac Otway |
143.565 |
-38.5 |
| Lovely Banks (near Geelong) |
Greater Geelong City |
144.317 |
-38.048 |
| Lovely Banks (now called Cobden) |
Corangamite |
143.081 |
-38.334 |
| Lower Cape Bridgewater |
Glenelg |
141.425 |
-38.345 |
| Lower Emu |
Northern Grampians |
143.467 |
-36.717 |
| Lower Gellibrand |
Corangamite |
143.217 |
-38.721 |
| Lower Homebush |
Pyrenees |
143.527 |
-37.036 |
| Lower Leigh (since 1926 called Stonehaven) |
Golden Plains |
144.224 |
-38.124 |
| Lower Moira |
Moira |
144.974 |
-36.09 |
| Lower Moondarra |
Baw Baw |
146.383 |
-38.017 |
| Lower Norton |
Horsham Rural City |
142.072 |
-36.804 |
| Lower Plenty |
Banyule City |
145.117 |
-37.739 |
| Lower Tambo (since 1886 called Swan Reach) |
East Gippsland |
147.869 |
-37.819 |
| Lower Templestowe |
Manningham City |
145.113 |
-37.766 |
| Lower Woolshed |
Indigo |
146.621 |
-36.304 |
| Lowngerut (name for Munro between 1926 and 1952 ) |
Wellington |
147.211 |
-37.899 |
| Loy Yang |
Latrobe City |
146.577 |
-38.254 |
| Loyola |
Mansfield |
146.052 |
-37.113 |
| Lubeck |
Yarriambiack |
142.534 |
-36.729 |
| Lucknow |
East Gippsland |
147.666 |
-37.806 |
| Lucky Womans Gully/Diggings (now called Happy Valley near Linton) |
Golden Plains |
143.595 |
-37.732 |
| Lucydale (variant of Lucyvale) |
Towong |
147.605 |
-36.305 |
| Lucyvale |
Towong |
147.605 |
-36.305 |
| Lurg |
Benalla Rural City |
146.116 |
-36.572 |
| Lyal |
Greater Bendigo City |
144.462 |
-36.925 |
| Lyndhurst (near Dandenong) |
Greater Dandenong City |
145.22 |
-38.059 |
| Lyndhurst (since 1857 part of Brunswick) |
Moreland City |
144.962 |
-37.768 |
| Lyndhurst South (now called Skye) |
Frankston City |
145.212 |
-38.102 |
| Lyons |
Glenelg |
141.48 |
-38.002 |
| Lyonville |
Hepburn |
144.266 |
-37.403 |
| Lysterfield |
Knox City |
145.283 |
-37.935 |
| Lysterfield South |
Casey City |
145.265 |
-37.955 |