| Johanna Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 View from Johanna Beach Hiker's camp site | |||||||||||||||
  Johanna | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 38°45′0″S 143°23′0″E / 38.75000°S 143.38333°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 63 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3238 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Colac Otway Shire | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Polwarth | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Corangamite | ||||||||||||||
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Johanna is a small locality on the coast of Victoria, Australia located west of Cape Otway in the Colac Otway Shire. It is named after the schooner Joanna that was wrecked at the mouth of the Johanna River on 22 September 1843.[2][3][4]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Johanna (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Blake, Les (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. p. 294. ISBN 0-7270-0250-3.
- ^ "Loss of the Joanna". Launceston Examiner. 7 October 1843. p. 4. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ Bird, Eric (12 October 2006). "Place Names on the Coast of Victoria" (PDF). The Australian National Placename Survey (ANPS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011.
