Stratford

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Stratford

Total population

2,185

Coordinates-37.97°, 147.08°

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

Overview

Stratford is a town on the Avon River in Victoria, Australia, 232 kilometres (144 mi) east of Melbourne on the Princes Highway in Shire of Wellington. At the 2021 census, Stratford had a population of 2,980. The town services the local regional community and travellers on the Princes Highway. Stratford's principal industries are dairying, sheep, cattle and horse breeding and vegetable crops. The town has numerous coffee shops and cafes, a cellar door for a local winery, Design Gallery, model railway shop, a pub, parks and playgrounds for car travelers to break their journey.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Alex Robertson

Australian rules footballer (1887–1915)

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Arthur Batchelor

Australian footballer

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Bruce Bishop

Australian politician

Chris Nunn

Australian Paralympic coach

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Claude Crowl

Australian rules footballer (1892-1915)

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Jack Davis

Australian rules footballer

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Jack Sharpley

Australian rules footballer

Les Beck

Australian rules footballer (1886-1961)

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Philip Davis

Australian politician

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Shane Watts

Australian motorcycle racer

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Jack Keddie

Australian rules footballer

Charlie Streeter

Australian rules footballer

Ricky Muir

Australian politician

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Harold Curran

Australian rules footballer (1888-1971)

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Henry Hagenauer

Australian rules footballer

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Allan McLean

Australian rules footballer

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

Nearby places in Victoria

• Briagolong
  8.7 mi away · pop. 626
• Tinamba
  10.3 mi away · pop. 54
• Perry Bridge
  11.1 mi away
• The Heart
  11.4 mi away
• Stockdale
  12.5 mi away
• Longford
  14 mi away
• Fernbank
  14.8 mi away
• Denison
  15.1 mi away
• Heyfield
  16.1 mi away · pop. 1,529
• Paddy Lees Crossing
  18.4 mi away
• Hollands Landing
  21.5 mi away
• Seacombe
  21.6 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 Stratford

Stratford (Victoria) in the 1880's

Arthur South · 1976

The Borough of Stratford-upon-Avon and the Parish of Alveston

Philip Styles · 1946

Constitution and catalogue of books of the Stratford Mechanics' Institute

Stratford Mechanics' Institute. · 1875

The case of the perilous palace

Jordan Stratford · 2018

The amazing epilogue

Barbara Wingfield-Stratford · 1933

Those earnest Victorians

Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford · 1930

The Victorian sunset

Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford · 1932

The Victorian cycle

Esmé Wingfield-Stratford · 1935

Search results from Open Library.