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Lubeck Victoria
Lubeck
Coordinates	36°44′51″S 142°33′02″E / 36.74750°S 142.55056°E / -36.74750; 142.55056
Population	40 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)	3385
LGA(s)	Shire of Yarriambiack Shire of Northern Grampians
State electorate(s)	Lowan
Federal division(s)	Mallee

Lubeck is a town in the Shire of Northern Grampians and the Shire of Yarriambiack, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Lubeck had a population of 40.

History

Lubeck is named after the city of Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany by early German Lutheran settlers. Lubeck developed as a key stop along the 1850s gold escort routes and the Stawell-Horsham road. The Halfway House hotel opened in 1869, with closer farming settlements beginning in 1871. The arrival of the railway from Stawell to Murtoa in 1878 spurred further growth, leading to the opening of the Railway Hotel and later the Commercial Hotel, which operated until 1960. Several stores served the community, the last closing in 1975, and a school was established in 1883.

In 1887, Lubeck became the starting point of a railway branch to Rupanyup, establishing it as a freight and passenger hub. A flour mill operated briefly in the 1880s-90s, and the station managed grain, wool, livestock, and creamery produce. The mechanics' institute, built in 1890 to replace an earlier structure, was later succeeded by a memorial hall. Despite its German roots, Lubeck's first church was shared by Methodists and Presbyterians, which may have helped the town retain its name during the anti-German sentiment of World War I. An Anglican church was also later established.

A concrete grain silo was built at the railway station in 1939, later joined by steel bins. Local trade declined after World War II, with the last store closing in 1975. The school shut down in 1990, and railway activity diminished after the closure of the Rupanyup branch line in 1983.

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lubeck". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
2. "Lubeck Postcode". auspost.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
3. O'Callaghan, Thomas (1918). Names of Victorian railway stations. Melbourne: H.J. Green, Acting Government Printer. p. 64. ISBN 0958071608.
4. ^ "Lubeck | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

v t e Localities in the Shire of Northern Grampians
Town	Glenorchy Great Western^ Halls Gap^ Lubeck^ Marnoo Navarre^ Pomonal^ Redbank^ Rupanyup^ St Arnaud Stawell Stuart Mill
Locality	Archdale^ Archdale Junction^ Avon Plains Banyena Barkly^ Beazleys Bridge Bellellen Bellfield Black Range^ Bolangum Brimpaen^ Bulgana Callawadda Campbells Bridge Carapooee Carapooee West Cherrypool^ Concongella Coonooer Bridge^ Coonooer West Cope Cope^ Crowlands^ Dadswells Bridge^ Dalyenong Deep Lead Dunneworthy^ Emu^ Fyans Creek Germania Glenisla^ Gooroc Gowar East^ Grays Bridge Gre Gre Gre Gre North Gre Gre South Greens Creek Illawarra Joel Joel Joel South Kanya Kooreh Laen^ Laharum^ Lake Fyans Lake Lonsdale Landsborough West^ Ledcourt Logan^ Marnoo East Marnoo West Mokepilly Moolerr Morrl Morrl Mount Dryden Moyreisk Natte Yallock^ Paradise Riachella Rich Avon East Rich Avon West Roses Gap Rostron Shays Flat^ Slaty Creek^ St Arnaud East St Arnaud North Sutherland Swanwater Swanwater West Tottington Traynors Lagoon Tulkara Wal Wal Wallaloo Wallaloo East Wartook^ Wattle Creek^ Winjallok York Plains Zumsteins
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Localities in the Shire of Yarriambiack
Town	Beulah Dimboola^ Hopetoun Lascelles Lubeck^ Minyip Murtoa Patchewollock^ Rainbow^ Rupanyup^ Warracknabeal Woomelang Yaapeet
Locality	Areegra Aubrey Bangerang Boolite Brim Cannum Crymelon^ Jung^ Kellalac Kewell^ Laen^ Lah Lawler^ Longerenong^ Murra Warra^ Rosebery Sheep Hills Speed Tempy^ Turriff Wallup Watchem West^ Wilkur^ Willenabrina
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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