Clarkefield, Victoria
Clarkefield is a town in Victoria, Australia, northwest of Melbourne's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Hume and Shire of Macedon Ranges. At the 2016 Census, Clarkefield had a population of 320.
The Post Office opened on 1 January 1862 and was known as Lancefield Road until 1881, Lancefield Junction until 1926 and closed in 1982.
Clarkefield was occupied as pastoral run, and it was named after the pastoralist, Sir William Clarke. The Clarkefield hotel and stables were established in 1857 and are now listed as heritage properties. The first school opened here in 1890.
