Birchip

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Birchip

Total population

674

Coordinates-35.98°, 142.92°

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

Overview

Birchip is a town in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia on the Sunraysia Highway north of Donald. The town is located in the Shire of Buloke local government area. At the 2021 census, Birchip had a population of 694, down from the 2016 figure of 702. It has a P-12 school, and an Australian rules football club called Birchip-Watchem, also known as the Birchip-Watchem Bulls, or just the "Bulls".

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

Dennis Charter

Australian businessman

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Aaron Bruce

Australian basketball player (born 1984)

Joe Toleman

Australian rules footballer (1921-2009)

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Stuart Cartwright

Australian rules footballer

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Allan Matheson

Australian rules footballer

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Joe Callahan

Australian rules footballer (1898–1978)

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Jack Blencowe

Australian rules footballer (1891–1951)

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Beryl Randall Trigellis-Smith

(1892-1985) probation officer

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Lynden Hosking

Australian boxer

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Elizabeth Una Gray

Australian human rights lawyer

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

Nearby places in Victoria

• Watchem
  11.8 mi away
• Wycheproof
  18.7 mi away · pop. 562
• Woomelang
  25 mi away · pop. 145
• Glenloth
  26 mi away
• Charlton
  31.3 mi away · pop. 993
• Lascelles
  32.1 mi away
• Sheep Hills
  33.1 mi away
• Quambatook
  35.1 mi away · pop. 185
• Hopetoun
  35.5 mi away · pop. 509
• Traynors Lagoon
  41 mi away
• Wychitella
  43.1 mi away
• Turriff
  44.1 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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