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Town in Victoria, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Armstrong (also known as Armstrongs) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Western Highway, north of Ararat, in the local government area of Rural City of Ararat.
Armstrong Victoria | |
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Coordinates | 37°12′49″S 142°53′34″E |
Population | 88 (2021 census)[1] |
Postcode(s) | 3377 |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Rural City of Ararat |
State electorate(s) | Ripon |
Federal division(s) | Wannon |
The population at the 2021 census was 90.[1]
The town began as a gold-mining settlement, with a Post Office (Armstrong's) opening on 1 January 1859,[2] and had a peak population of 516.
The Melbourne to Adelaide railway passes through the town. In 1938, Armstrong was the site of an experimental installation of a radical form of railway safeworking intended to bring about cost savings. It resulted in seven years of tortuous bureaucratic decision making.[3]
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