Connewarre is a version of "kunuwarra", the name of the black swan in the Wathawurrung language.

[1] Part of the Eastern Precinct of the large Armstrong Creek Growth Area was within Connewarre when urban development began in 2010, but in 2012, when the new suburb Armstrong Creek was gazetted, Connewarre's boundary was adjusted to exclude the area north of Lower Duneed Road and the west of Baenschs Lane, meaning that all of the Growth Area then lay outside Connewarre.

[3][4][5] Settlements near Connewarre include Breamlea to the south, Torquay to the west and Barwon Heads to the east.

In March 1994, the southern-most part of Connewarre was included in the Surf Coast Shire, on its creation.

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