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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type                     = town
| name                     = Warneet
| state                    = vic
| image                    = Warneet Jetty.jpg
| caption                  = Warneet Jetty
| lga                      = [[City of Casey]]
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| postcode                 = 3980
| pop                      = 565
| pop_year                 = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes            = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL22695 | name = Warneet (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 11 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| est                      = 1 July 1959
| stategov                 = [[Electoral district of Hastings|Hastings]]
| fedgov                   = [[Division of Holt|Holt]]
| location1                = [[Melbourne]]
| location2                = [[Cranbourne, Victoria|Cranbourne]]
| dist1                    = 68
| dist2                    = 19
| local_map                = yes
| zoom                     = 12
}}

'''Warneet''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], {{convert|68|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-east of [[Melbourne|Melbourne's]] [[Melbourne city centre|Central Business District]], located within the [[City of Casey]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]. Warneet recorded a population of 565 at the {{CensusAU|2021}}.<ref name=abs />

Warneet is located on Rutherford inlet, an arm off the North end of [[Western Port]].

For education, most children go to Tooradin Primary School or Koo Wee Rup Secondary College.

==History==

Warneet Post Office opened on 1 July 1959<ref name = "a">{{Citation| last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Warneet* | access-date = 30 March 2021}}</ref>

==Transport==

[[Cranbourne Transit]] operates route 795, which operates 5 weekday return journeys between [[Cranbourne, Victoria|Cranbourne]] and Warneet, via the nearby towns of [[Blind Bight, Victoria|Blind Bight]], [[Tooradin, Victoria|Tooradin]], and [[Cannons Creek, Victoria|Cannons Creek]]. 

The town is also easily accessible by car via the [[South Gippsland Highway]] (M420), and Baxter-Tooradin Road (C781).

==See also==
* [[City of Cranbourne]] – Warneet was previously within this former local government area.

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{{City of Casey suburbs}}
{{Coastal townships and localities of Western Port, Victoria}}


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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Coastal towns in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Western Port]]
[[Category:1993 disestablishments in Australia]]
[[Category:1959 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:City of Casey]]

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