Location
Connewarre is a rural locality 12km south of Geelong city, between the Torquay and Barwon Heads roads.

Description
Connewarre remains a pastoral and agricultural district, with homes and small farms between the main through roads. It is 3 km south-west of Lake Connewarre and its associated saltwater marshes on the Barwon River.

The district has two small airports on each edge - the Geelong Airfield at Mt Duneed and eastwards, the Barwon Heads Airfield and Geelong Aero Club. Thompsons Creek runs through Connewarre down to the ocean at Breamlea.

Connewarre is a few minutes drive from the Barwon and Breamlea coasts and about 15 minutes drive fromGeelong.

History
The name, "Connewarre" is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning black swan.

James Tait occupied the Connewarre Lakes pastoral station from 1849 to 1856. The small postal village of Connewarre, with some 500 people, grew around the station.

Anglican and Presbyterian schools were opened in 1858 and 1864, the latter at Connewarre East. A State school was built in 1877, which continued until 1993.