Deans Marsh is a town in Victoria, Australia, located 23 kilometres (14 mi) inland from Lorne. At the 2016 census, Deans Marsh had a population of 269.[1] Deans Marsh is part of the Otway Harvest Trail, with the Pennyroyal Raspberry Farm and the Gentle Annie Berry Gardens nearby. There are three wineries in the area - Blakes Estate, Dinny Goonan and Gosling Creek. Also located in Deans Marsh is Yan Yan Gurt West, a sheep farm known for its 1880s woolshed and innovative practices in regenerative agriculture and agroforestry.

Deans Marsh Victoria
A former church at Deans Marsh
Deans Marsh
Coordinates	38°23′S 143°53′E
Population	269 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3235
Location	135 km (84 mi) SW of Melbourne 61 km (38 mi) SW of Geelong 34 km (21 mi) E of Colac 23 km (14 mi) NW of Lorne
LGA(s)	Surf Coast Shire
State electorate(s)	Polwarth
Federal division(s)	Corangamite
Localities around Deans Marsh: Birregurra Birregurra Bambra Whoorel Deans Marsh Boonah Murroon Pennyroyal Benwerrin

History

Deans Marsh Post Office opened on 3 November 1866.[2]

The Forrest railway line, which branched from the Warrnambool line at Birregurra, was opened to Deans Marsh on 19 December 1889, and was extended to Forrest on 5 June 1891. The line was closed on 4 March 1957.[3]

On Ash Wednesday 1983, a fire started at Deans Marsh, which spread rapidly, becoming a huge blaze which razed a considerable area of the Victoria's Surfcoast, destroying a large number of houses in Barwon Downs, Lorne, Fairhaven, Aireys Inlet, and Anglesea, and resulted in the deaths of three people.[4]

Notable people

Deans Marsh is the birthplace of the renowned Wagnerian soprano Marjorie Lawrence (1907–1979).

References

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