Blakeville is a former timbercutting township
immediately south of the Wombat State Forest.
Blakeville is reached by road, 12 km north of
Ballan.

The Wombat State Forest in the Blakeville locality
was a major source of timber for building, mines
and fuel for Ballarat and the goldfields area.

Blakeville is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria and is
about 76 kms west-northwest of VIC's capital city of
Melbourne.