Smythesdale

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Smythesdale

Total population

731

Coordinates-37.64°, 143.69°

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

Overview

Smythesdale is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Glenelg Highway. Most of the town is located in the Golden Plains Shire local government area. Smythesdale is 19 kilometres (12 mi) west of Ballarat and 135 kilometres (84 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Smythesdale and the surrounding area had a population of 1,189. Smythesdale Primary School is a part of the Woady Yaloak PS with Ross Creek, Scarsdale, and Snake Valley as the other campus.

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

D

Dave McGrath

Australian rules footballer, born 1872

D

Des Tuddenham

Australian rules footballer and coach

L

Lillias Margaret Skene

Australian activist

Hugh Wrigley

Australian brigadier (1891-1980)

Jack Roberts

Australian rules footballer, born 1867

Tom Fox

Australian politician and football player

J

Jack Gray

Australian rules footballer, born 1885

S

Stan Jones

Australian rules footballer

C

Conrad ten Brink

Australian Australian-rules footballer (1875-1938)

T

Tommy Wade

Australian rules footballer (1894–1939)

J

John Roberts

Australian rules footballer (1881-1956)

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

Nearby places in Victoria

• Hillcrest
  2.4 mi away
• Staffordshire Reef
  7.1 mi away
• Berringa
  8.9 mi away
• Buninyong
  10.9 mi away
• Burrumbeet
  12.1 mi away
• Learmonth
  15.4 mi away · pop. 272
• Leigh Creek
  16.1 mi away
• Clarendon
  16.3 mi away
• Skipton
  17.7 mi away · pop. 469
• Rokewood
  17.9 mi away · pop. 94
• Mollonghip
  22.4 mi away
• Allendale
  23 mi away · pop. 144

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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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