Explore Broken Creek, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Broken Creek, VIC map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Broken Creek, Victoria, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Victoria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Broken Creek and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Broken Creek.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Broken Creek |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | Benalla Rural City |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -36.43469 |
| Longitude | 145.88253 |
| Population | 42 |
| Density | 2.0 /km² |
| Area | 21.5 km² |
| Elevation | 157 m |
| Postcode | 3673 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 174 km north-northeast |
Broken Creek is a locality in the Benalla Rural City local government area of Victoria, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 42. The locality covers an area of 21.5 km², giving a population density of about 2.0 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 157 m above sea level. It lies approximately 174 km north-northeast of Melbourne. Broken Creek is located at 36.4347°S, 145.8825°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3673. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Broken Creek winds its way through a landscape of muted greens and ochres, a ribbon of life against the broad, sweeping plains of northern Victoria. It lies 39.2 km west-south-west of Wangaratta, VIC (from Wangaratta, VIC: bearing 259°T), and is situated 18.0 km north-north-west of Benalla. Here, the land is a patient observer, its character shaped by the slow erosion of time and the enduring presence of water. The sky, a vast canvas of ever-shifting blues and greys, seems to press down, imbuing the very air with a stillness that encourages contemplation. Scattered stands of river red gums, their ancient limbs gnarled and reaching, punctuate the horizon, their dark foliage a stark contrast to the pale, sun-bleached grasses that carpet the banks. The occasional shimmer of heat rising from the dry earth hints at the underlying warmth of this region, a warmth that can be felt as a gentle caress on the skin even on a cooler day.
The history of Broken Creek is inextricably linked to the flow of water and the ambition of those who sought to tame it. This area, once traversed by Indigenous peoples for millennia, saw the establishment of pastoral runs in the 19th century, their fortunes tied to the wool clip and the hardy breeds of sheep that grazed these expanses. Later, the development of irrigation channels brought a new era of agriculture, transforming swathes of this country into productive farmland, though the creek itself, prone to periods of low flow and occasional flooding, always maintained a certain wildness. Today, the local economy continues to draw sustenance from the land, with a mix of grazing properties and intensive farming operations. The rhythm of life in Broken Creek is one of quiet industry, where the cycle of seasons dictates the pace, and the enduring presence of the creek serves as a constant reminder of the delicate balance between human endeavour and the natural world.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Broken Creek, Victoria. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Broken Creek, in the Benalla Rural City local government area.
Detailed location data for Broken Creek includes the postcode (3673), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Benalla Rural City), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Broken Creek is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |