Description
Woodstock is a bounded semi-rural locality in Victoria, Australia located just north of Melbourne's outer suburbs.
Woodstock is a bounded semi-rural locality in Victoria, Australia located just north of Melbourne's outer suburbs. Its local government area is the City of Whittlesea. At the 2016 census, Woodstock had a population of 150.
Australian contemporary poet Robbie Coburn hails from Woodstock.
Former Western Australian premier Philip Collier was born and raised in Woodstock.
History
Woodstock Post Office opened on 9 January 1858 and closed in 1971. To the west Woodstock West Post office opened in 1877 and continued operating until 1959. In September 1876 a small timber Catholic church, known as the church of St. Patrick, was erected for local worshippers.Deputations were made to the Victorian government during the 1890s to bring a railway line through the area. It was decided that the Sydney-Melbourne rail corridor would run to the west, parallel with the Hume Highway, and so the closest railway station is at Donnybrook, approximately 8 km (5 mi) away.
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Population: 101-1000
Time zone: UTC +11:00
Area: 27.239 km2
Elevation: 201-500 metres
Town elevation: 212 m
Population number: 150
Local Government Area: Whittlesea City Council
Attribution
This article contains content imported from the English Wikipedia article on Woodstock, Victoria