Woodstock, Victoria
Woodstock | |||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 150 (2021 census)[3] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3751 | ||||||||||||
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Woodstock is a 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.
Australian contemporary poet Robbie Coburn hails from Woodstock. Former Western Australian premier Philip Collier was born and raised in 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.[4] In September 1876 a small timber Catholic church, known as the church of St. Patrick, was erected for local worshippers.[5]
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.[6]
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 (27 June 2017). "Woodstock (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Woodstock (Vic.) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
