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Heywood
Victoriatown
Heywood
Total population
1,328
Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Heywood is a town on the Fitzroy River in the Australian state of Victoria. It is situated at an elevation of 27 metres amidst rolling green hills in an agricultural, pastoral and timbercutting district. Heywood is 357 kilometres (222 mi) west of Melbourne at the intersection of the Princes and Henty Highways and 27 kilometres (17 mi) north of Portland. It is on the railway line to Portland, at the junction of the presently-unused branch to Mount Gambier, South Australia. The winner of several past "Tidy Town" awards, it is often referred to as the "Jewel of the Southwest".
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History
Prior to European settlement the area was occupied by the Gunditjmara Aborigines. David Edgar built the Bush Tavern on the townsite in 1842 and a settlement emerged. Formerly known as Fitzroy Crossing it became known as Edgar's. The township was surveyed in 1852 by Lindsay Clarke who named it after Heywood, Lancashire in England. The first town allotments were sold in 1854 and a Post Office opened on 8 August 1857. Heywood has won many Tidy Town awards.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Superb FairywrenMalurus cyaneus (Ellis, 1782) · Aves742
- Monterey PinePinus radiata D.Don · Pinopsida740
- Australian MagpieGymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves657
- Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves572
- Gray FantailRhipidura albiscapa Gould, 1840 · Aves540
- Gray ShrikethrushColluricincla harmonica (Latham, 1802) · Aves424
- Yellow-faced HoneyeaterCaligavis chrysops (Latham, 1801) · Aves407
- White-throated TreecreeperCormobates leucophaea (Latham, 1802) · Aves378
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 3.6 — 2002-01-0544 km S of Moorak, Australia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Victoria
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Heywood
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library