Woodstock is a bounded semi-rural locality in Victoria, Australia, located just north of Melbourne's outer suburbs, located within the City of Whittlesea local government area. Woodstock recorded a population of 150 at the 2021 census.
| Woodstock Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Merriang Road area of Woodstock, from the north-west | |||||||||||||||
  Woodstock Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°32′38″S 145°03′22″E / 37.544°S 145.056°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 150 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3751 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Whittlesea | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Yan Yean | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | McEwen | ||||||||||||||
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Australian contemporary poet Robbie Coburn hails from Woodstock. Former Western Australian premier Philip Collier was born and raised in Woodstock. Writer/ Director Billy Rowlands is also from Woodstock.
History edit
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.[2] In September 1876 a small timber Catholic church, known as the church of St. Patrick, was erected for local worshippers.[3]
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.[4]
Books on Woodstock edit
Jones, Michael Nature's Plenty: a history of the City of Whittlesea, Sydney, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin, 1992 ISBN 1863730761
References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Woodstock (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 13 April 2021
- ^ DIOCESE OF SANDHURST. (16 September 1876). Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved 16 January 2017, from http://nla.go v.au/nla.news-article170433287
- ^ "COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTRY". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 28 June 1890. p. 10. Retrieved 26 May 2020 – via Trove.
