Ferguson, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Ferguson is a locality in south west Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Colac Otway Shire, 195 kilometres (121 mi) south west of the state capital, Melbourne.
Ferguson | |
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The former station sign from the closed railway station at Ferguson | |
  Ferguson | |
| Coordinates: 38°37′51″S 143°31′42″E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 13 (SAL 2021)[1] |
| Postcode | 3237 |
At the 2016 census, Ferguson had a population of 19.[2]
A postal receiving office opened at Ferguson on 21 November 1919, was upgraded to a post office on 1 August 1920 and closed on 11 August 1951.[3]
Ferguson State School opened on 31 January 1940 in a building which had been moved from the closed school at nearby Moorbanool. It closed on 16 December 1948, with the pupils subsequently attending the school at Lavers Hill.[4]
