Cressy is a town in Victoria, Australia, approximately 38 kilometres (24 mi) north of Colac on the Ballarat road.

[1] George Russell, manager of the pastoral Clyde Company, opened up the area to European settlement in 1836.

Duverney called the small, developing village Cressy, after Crécy in France, where he was born.

[3] After the outbreak of World War II, an airfield was constructed south of the town towards Colac, and was used by the RAAF until 1946 as a combat training base and for bombing practice.

[3] After it was closed, it was turned into a family home, and subsequently opened as a café and mixed business, which operated until 2014.