Scotchmans Lead
Town
Scotchmans Lead
Coordinates: 37°40′S 143°51′E / 37.667°S 143.850°E / -37.667; 143.850
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
LGA	City of Ballarat
Government
• State electorate	Eureka
• Federal division	Ballarat
Population
• Total	105 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode	3352

Scotchmans Lead, a rural locality 6 km (3.7 statute miles) from Buninyong, in South Western Victoria, Australia, sits between the Yarrowee River, Midland Highway and Scotchmans Lead Road. It has recently^[when?] been renamed Scotchmans Lead from Yarrowee, after a proposal by the Ballarat City Council to change its name back to the name of its historic days. ^{[citation needed]}

Scotchmans Lead was once a prominent mining area and farming area, with many properties still rearing animals such as cows and horses. The former Scotchmans Lead school, itself originally a church, has recently^[timeframe?] been turned into a bed-and-breakfast.

Scotchman's Lead Post Office opened on 17 January 1865, was renamed Yarrowee in 1875, and closed in 1961.^[2]

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