Staughton Vale is a northern rural locality of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Its local government area is the City of Greater Geelong.
| Staughton Vale Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Bridge over the Little River at Staughton Vale | |||||||||||||||
  Staughton Vale | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°50′47″S 144°16′55″E / 37.84639°S 144.28194°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 98 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3340 | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | City of Greater Geelong | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Lara | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Corio | ||||||||||||||
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The south-east section of the Brisbane Ranges National Park takes up most of the locality's area. There is also a rural campus of Bacchus Marsh Grammar School and an outdoor education centre camp run by Northern Bay College. Most of the private properties in the locality are on Staughton Vale Road.
The post office at Staughton Vale opened on 1 January 1873, closed on 24th of November 1873, reopened on 14 July 1886, closed again on 16 May 1891, opened again and was renamed as Staughton Vale State School on 23 August 1905, was renamed back to Staughton Vale, then closed on 30 September 1968.[2]
References edit
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Staughton Vale (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 20 January 2021
External links edit
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