Watchem

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Watchem

Coordinates-36.15°, 142.86°

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

Overview

Watchem is a town in north western Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Buloke local government area and on the Sunraysia Highway, 307 kilometres (191 mi) north west of the state capital, Melbourne and 35 kilometres (22 mi) from nearby Donald. At the 2021 census, Watchem and the surrounding area had a population of 124.

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).

Nearby places in Victoria

• Wycheproof
  21.1 mi away · pop. 562
• Sheep Hills
  22.9 mi away
• Glenloth
  26.8 mi away
• Charlton
  28.8 mi away · pop. 993
• Traynors Lagoon
  30.4 mi away
• Woomelang
  33.9 mi away · pop. 145
• Hopetoun
  40 mi away · pop. 509
• Lascelles
  40.5 mi away
• Wychitella
  42.2 mi away
• Quambatook
  42.3 mi away · pop. 185
• Wedderburn
  46.1 mi away · pop. 650
• Stuart Mill
  51.3 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.

Recently spotted species

tree cholla

Cylindropuntia imbricata

Seen 2026-08-07

Leafless Ballart

Exocarpos aphyllus

Seen 2026-07-29

Heliotrope Moth

Utetheisa pulchelloides

Seen 2026-06-20

Australian Boobook

Ninox boobook

Seen 2026-05-22

Purple woodsorrel

Oxalis purpurea

Seen 2026-05-18

Red-headed Mouse Spider

Missulena occatoria

Seen 2026-05-04

Horehound Plume Moth

Wheeleria spilodactylus

Seen 2026-03-27

Southern Marbled Gecko

Christinus marmoratus

Seen 2026-03-05

Feather Speargrass

Austrostipa elegantissima

Seen 2025-11-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers