Apsley

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Apsley is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is on the Wimmera Highway, in the Shire of West Wimmera, 420 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, and 7 kilometres east of the South Australian border. The town is named after Apsley House in London. It was surveyed in 1851 and proclaimed in 1852, a Post Office opening on 1 January 1854 replacing that of Lake Wallace nearer what is now Edenhope serving the grazing population.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Bill Lyon

Australian rules footballer (1886-1962)

Fanny Hines

Australian nurse

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Victoria

• Douglas
  36 mi away
• Telleraga
  40.8 mi away
• Serviceton
  41.1 mi away
• Lillimur
  41.8 mi away
• Miram
  44.7 mi away
• Balmoral
  46.1 mi away · pop. 161
• Casterton
  46.2 mi away · pop. 1,336
• Winiam
  48.5 mi away
• Gringegalgona
  50.6 mi away
• Coleraine
  55 mi away · pop. 867
• Dimboola
  63.1 mi away · pop. 1,315
• Cavendish
  65.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Apsley

The Worst Journey in the World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard · 1922

Apsley House, Wellington Museum

Wellington Museum. · 1984

A guide to the Wellington Museum Apsley House

1977

The Sèvres Egyptian service, 1810-12

Victoria and Albert Museum, London · 1982

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