Heathcote Geographical Indication

Heathcote (region)

The textual description is the legal definition.

The Australian Geographical Indication "Heathcote" was entered in the Register of Protected Names on 21 August 2002 in response to a direction received by the Registrar from the Presiding Member of the Geographical Indications Committee acting under Section 40Z of the WAC Act 1980.

GI area boundaries:

Heathcote topographic map 
Scale 1:100,000 
Series R652 
Sheet 7824 
Edition 3-AAS 
Produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps 
under the direction of the Chief of the General Staff 
Printed by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1987.

Echuca topographic map 
Scale 1:100,000 
Series R652 
Sheet 7825 
Edition 2-AAS 
Produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps 
under the direction of the Chief of the General Staff 
Printed by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1987.

Woodend topographic map 
Scale 1:100,000 
Series R652 
Sheet 7823 
Edition 1-AAS 
Produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps 
under the direction of the Chief of the General Staff 
Printed by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1980.

Castlemaine topographic map 
National topographic series 
Scale 1:100,000 
Sheet 7723 
Edition 2 
Published by authority of the Minister for Resources and Energy. 
Produced and distributed by the Division of National Mapping. 
Reprinted by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1986.

Bendigo topographic map
Scale 1:100,000 
Series R652 
Sheet 7724 
Edition 3-AAS 
Produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps 
under the direction of the Chief of the General Staff 
Printed by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1991.

GI textual description:

The geographical indication “Heathcote” is located in the zone Central Victoria within the State of Victoria, Australia.

The beginning point of the boundary is located on Map Heathcote (Sheet 7824) at grid reference BV847215, being the intersection of the McIvor Highway and an unnamed road, then proceeds generally north westerly along the McIvor Highway to its intersection with the Barnadown Knowsley Road at grid reference BV836238, then proceeds generally northerly along the Barnadown Knowsley Road to its intersection with an unnamed road at grid reference BV807404, then proceeds easterly along the unnamed road to its intersection with River Road at grid reference BV808405, then proceeds generally north easterly along River Road to its intersection with Northern Highway at grid reference BV876548, then proceeds north westerly along Northern Highway to its intersection with Nihill Road and an unnamed road at grid reference BV875551, then proceeds north easterly along the unnamed road to the edge of the map at grid reference BV889580; On to Map Echuca (Sheet 7825) at grid reference BV889580, then proceeds north easterly along the same unnamed road to its intersection with Midland Highway at grid reference BV890582, then proceeds north easterly along Midland Highway to its intersection with an unnamed road at grid reference BV895594, then proceeds north easterly along the unnamed road to its intersection with another unnamed road near Bonnybank at grid reference BV918629, then proceeds north easterly along the unnamed road to its intersection with the Campaspe No. 2 Channel at grid reference BV931677, then proceeds generally north easterly along Campaspe No. 2 Channel to its intersection with an unnamed road at grid reference BV990724, then proceeds easterly along the unnamed road to its intersection with the Waranga Western Channel at grid reference CV036724, then proceeds generally southerly along the Waranga Western Channel to the edge of the map at grid reference CV020583; On to Map Heathcote (Sheet 7824) at grid reference CV020583, then proceeds generally southerly along the Waranga Western Channel to its intersection with Goornong Murchison Road at grid reference CV030481, then proceeds easterly along Goornong Murchison Road to its intersection with an unnamed road at grid reference CV039481, then proceeds southerly along the unnamed road to its intersection with another unnamed road at grid reference CV040465, then proceeds easterly along the other unnamed road to its intersection with Egans Bridge Road at grid reference CV048466, then proceeds southerly along Egans Bridge Road to its intersection with Boundary Road at grid reference CV056356, then proceeds generally south easterly along Boundary Road to the intersection with Heathcote Nagambie Road at grid reference CV168234, then proceeds south westerly along Heathcote Nagambie Road to its intersection with an unnamed road at grid reference CV158215, then proceeds south westerly along the unnamed road to the Administrative Boundary of the Puckapunyal Military Area at grid reference CV157213, then proceeds generally south westerly along the Administrative Boundary of the Puckapunyal Military Area to its intersection with Youngs Lane at grid reference CV029062, then proceeds south easterly and then southerly along Youngs Lane to the edge of the map at grid reference CV052028; On to Map Woodend (Sheet 7823) at grid reference CV052028, then proceeds west of southerly along Youngs Lane to its intersection with Northern Highway at grid reference CU037992, then proceeds generally south easterly along Northern Highway through Tooborac to grid line 930 at grid reference CU078930, then proceeds westerly along grid line 930 to its intersection with Mia Mia Lancefield Road at grid reference BU873930, then proceeds southerly along the Mia Mia Lancefield Road to its intersection with an unnamed road at grid reference BU874927, then proceeds generally westerly along the unnamed road to its intersection with another unnamed road at grid reference BU864930, then proceeds south westerly along the unnamed road to grid line 890 at grid reference BU808890, then proceeds westerly along grid line 890 to the edge of the map at grid reference BU779890; On to Map Castlemaine (Sheet 7723) at grid reference BU779890, then proceeds westerly along grid line 890 to its intersection with the Campaspe River at grid reference BU771890, then proceeds west north westerly in a straight line to the junction of the Coliban River and the main road in Metcalf at grid reference BU706907, then proceeds generally north easterly along the Coliban River to its intersection with Sutton Grange Redesdale Road at grid reference BV746017, then proceeds north easterly along the Sutton Grange Redesdale Road to the edge of map at grid reference BV752021: On to Map Bendigo (Sheet 7724) at grid reference BV752021, then proceeds generally easterly along Sutton Grange Redesdale Road to the edge of the map at grid reference BV766022; On to Map Castlemaine (Sheet 7723) at grid reference BV766022, then proceeds south easterly along the Sutton Grange Redesdale Road to its intersection with unnamed road at grid reference BV774017, then proceeds north north easterly along the other unnamed road to the edge of the map at grid reference BV775022; On to Map Heathcote (Sheet 7824) at grid reference BV776022, then proceeds north north easterly and then north westerly along the same unnamed road to the edge of the map at grid reference BV775050; On to Map Bendigo (Sheet 7724) at grid reference BV775050, then proceeds generally north westerly and then northerly along the same unnamed road through the Kimbolton State Forest to the edge of the map at grid reference BV772170; On to Map Heathcote (Sheet 7824) at grid reference BV772170, then proceeds north easterly along the same unnamed road to its intersection with another unnamed road at grid reference BV776183, then proceeds north easterly and then northerly the other unnamed road to its intersection with another unnamed road at grid reference BV780193, then proceeds generally easterly then north easterly and then easterly along the unnamed road to its intersection with another unnamed road at grid reference BV845205, then proceeds northerly along the other unnamed road to its intersection with the McIvor Highway at grid reference BV847215, being the descriptor stating point.