Police will prepare a report for the coroner after a three-year-old child died at a property in Wallan on Sunday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a William Street property about 1.50pm after reports a child had been pulled from a septic pit.
Paramedics were unsuccessful in their attempts to revive the child.
Police told the Review the child was reportingly missing by his family, before being found a short time later.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing.