HM Prison Barwon, a maximum security prison in Lara, Victoria, Australia
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Electoral district of Barwon, in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Australia
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The artist Jan Mitchell erected her first bollard sculptures in Barwon Heads.
In earlier years the MacIntyre River was known as the Barwon River at the source of the Boomi River, but now reference is made to the Barwon River after the confluence with the Weir River.
The name Breakwater originated from a rock ford constructed across the Barwon River by Geelong's first Police magistrate, Captain Foster Fyans, in 1837.
He also constructed a rock ford across the Barwon River in 1837, which gave name to the area now known as Breakwater, an eastern industrial and residential suburb of Geelong.
In February 2012, visiting Barwon Prison to speak to indigenous inmates as part of a mentoring program, former AFL player Wayne Carey was found to have traces of cocaine on his clothing following a routine drug scan.
John Landy Field Recreation Reserve is situated at the corner of Swanston Street and Barwon Terrace, South Geelong and was formerly known as Riverside Reserve.
Major industry in South Geelong includes the Godfrey Hirst Pty Ltd carpet manufacturers on Barwon Terrace currently (2009) owned by the McKendrick family.