Place:Arthurs Creek, Victoria, Australia

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NameArthurs Creek
TypeTown
Coordinates37.579°S 145.201°E
Located inVictoria, Australia
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Arthurs Creek is a town in Victoria, Australia, 33 kilometres north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Nillumbik local government area. Arthurs Creek recorded a population of 478 at the .

It is named after Henry Arthur, a member of John Batman's Port Phillip Association and nephew of George Arthur, a governor of Tasmania. Another source says that it was named by the surveryor Thomas Nutt, supposedly because one of his party, a Mr Arthur, died and was buried in this location.

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