Warrenheip

Warrenheip is a rural township about 2 km beyond the eastern outskirt of Ballarat. It is at the junction of the railway lines from Geelong (1862) and from Melbourne (1879) to Ballarat. It is thought that the name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning trees on a mountain top or emu feathers on top. Mount Warrenheip is 2 km west of the centre of Warrenheip, and is in a State Forest.