Towns in Australia

Exploring Australia, town by town

Adelaide Lead VIC

Adelaide Lead

Postcode: 3465

Adelaide Lead is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Old Avoca Road, south-west of Maryborough, west of the Paddy Ranges State Park, in the Central Goldfields Shire.

The town began as a mining settlement, and covered about 3 miles along the banks of Timor Creek. A state school operated from 1863 to 1954. The town had a peak population of 674.