Newry

The township of Newry is situated on the flats of the Macalister River, 11 km north-west of Maffra and about 210 km east of Melbourne.

The area was encompassed by Boisdale pastoral run, occupied in 1842. The district, known as Upper Maffra, was opened for settlement in the early 1860s. Township allotments were sold in 1868 and a store and post office soon established. In 1871, the Farmers Arms Hotel was constructed and a government school commenced classes. In the same year, the township was named Newry, after a town in Ireland.