Armstrong, Victoria

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Armstrong
Victoria
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Armstrong
Location in Rural City of Ararat
Coordinates 37°12′49″S142°53′34″E / 37.21361°S 142.89278°E / -37.21361; 142.89278 Coordinates: 37°12′49″S142°53′34″E / 37.21361°S 142.89278°E / -37.21361; 142.89278
Population88 (2021 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 3377
Location
LGA(s) Rural City of Ararat
State electorate(s) Ripon
Federal division(s) Wannon

Armstrong (also known as Armstrongs) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Western Highway, north of Ararat, in the local government area of Rural City of Ararat.

The population at the 2021 census was 90. [1]

The town began as a gold-mining settlement, with a Post Office (Armstrong's) opening on 1 January 1859, [2] and had a peak population of 516.

The Melbourne to Adelaide railway passes through the town. In 1938, Armstrong was the site of an experimental installation of a radical form of railway safeworking intended to bring about cost savings. It resulted in seven years of tortuous bureaucratic decision making. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Armstrong (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 November 2022. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List , retrieved 11 February 2021
  3. ↑ Switching-out Armstrong Waugh, Andrew Australian Railway History, August, 2005 pp. 283–303


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