Stawell

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Stawell

Total population

5,627

Elevation254 m

Coordinates-37.06°, 142.77°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Stawell ( "stall"), is a town in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, 237 kilometres (147 mi) west-north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. Located within the Shire of Northern Grampians local government area, it is a seat of local government for the shire and its main administrative centre. At the 2021 census, Stawell had a population of 6,220.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

P

Peter Corris

Australian writer (1942–2018)

B

Bill Jackson

Australian rules footballer

G

George Kruse

Australian footballer

Billy Dick

Australian rules footballer

Chuck Fleetwood-Smith

Australian cricketer (1908-1971)

C

Craig Ellis

Australian rules footballer

Florence Cardell-Oliver

Western Australian politician

F

Frederick Victor Grey Wymark

Australiana collector, book collector and bookseller.

H

Harry Clarke

Australian rules footballer, born 1876 (1876–1955)

Hugh Gavin

Australian rules footballer (1878–1940)

Jack Wells

Australian rules footballer and coach (1883-1966)

Jim Phillips

Australian cricketer (1860-1930)

Les Perry

Australian long-distance runner

Ronald Hopkins

Australian general (1897-1990)

W

Wal Gunnyon

Australian rules footballer (1895-1972)

William Grant

Australian Army officer (1870–1939)

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

Nearby places in Victoria

• Campbells Bridge
  10 mi away
• Glenorchy
  12 mi away · pop. 77
• Halls Gap
  15.1 mi away · pop. 363
• Landsborough West
  15.9 mi away
• Moyston
  16.8 mi away · pop. 249
• Cathcart
  17.3 mi away
• Landsborough
  20.1 mi away · pop. 74
• Langi Logan
  23.4 mi away
• Eversley
  23.7 mi away
• Wartook
  23.9 mi away
• Bayindeen
  27.6 mi away
• Rossbridge
  29.7 mi away

Browse all places in Victoria →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Stawell

Discover Victoria's Goldfield Heritage

Sir William Stawell

John Michael Bennett · 2004

Sir William Foster Stawell

John McI Young · 1989

Sir William Stawell and the Victorian constitution

Charles Parkinson · 2004

Search results from Open Library.