Wareek

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Wareek

WeatherAvg high 68.4°F

Coordinates-36.99°, 143.61°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Wareek is a locality in Pyrenees Shire and the Shire of Central Goldfields, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Wareek had a population of 72.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Albert Lauder

Australian rules footballer (1898–1971)

Clarence Herbert Smith

Australian inventor

George Morrissey

Australian rules footballer

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Pat Hickey

Australian rules footballer (1871-1946)

Reg Baker

Australian rules footballer

T

Ted Horsington

politician, drover and union secretary in New South Wales, Australia (1878-1947)

G

George Morrissey, Jr.

Australian rules footballer (1908-1979)

Bert Boromeo

Australian rules footballer

J

Jack Morrissey

Australian rules footballer

B

Bill Cutler

Australian rules footballer (1900-1969)

J

Joe McKinley

Australian rules footballer (1911-1961)

E

Ern Aitchison

Australian rules footballer (1905-1991)

T

Tom Maguire

Australian rules footballer

Con Hickey

Australian rules footballer

J

Jack Aitchison

Australian rules footballer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Victoria

• Bowenvale
  5.4 mi away · pop. 92
• Avoca
  10.3 mi away · pop. 1,129
• Bromley
  10.9 mi away
• Dunolly
  11.2 mi away · pop. 680
• Carisbrook
  11.8 mi away · pop. 920
• Archdale
  12.6 mi away
• Majorca
  13.2 mi away · pop. 86
• Bealiba
  14.3 mi away · pop. 134
• Redbank
  16.1 mi away · pop. 94
• Moliagul
  16.7 mi away
• Laanecoorie
  19.4 mi away
• Strathlea
  21.4 mi away

Browse all places in Victoria →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

dwarf greenhood

Pterostylis nana

Seen 2026-08-03

Pacific Black Duck

Anas superciliosa

Seen 2026-08-03

Tree Lucerne Moth

Uresiphita ornithopteralis

Seen 2026-07-22

Twig Looper

Ectropis excursaria

Seen 2026-07-20

Red-rumped Parrot

Psephotus haematonotus

Seen 2026-06-26

Golden Wattle

Acacia pycnantha

Seen 2026-06-26

Bermuda buttercup

Oxalis pes-caprae

Seen 2026-06-26

Kerkei

Crassula tetragona

Seen 2026-06-26

Cootamundra wattle

Acacia baileyana

Seen 2026-06-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers