Fish Creek

Fish Creek is situated among undulating hills on Fish Creek, so named for its many blackfish, 160 km south-east of Melbourne.

Land was selected in the densely forested hills in the mid-1880s. As clearing progressed, dairy cattle were grazed and potatoes grown on the rich soil. The railway line from Melbourne into South Gippsland was to pass through the district and once construction began, the settlers were able to sell their produce to the large workers’ camps.