Strathbogie, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Strathbogie is a town in central Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area. At the 2016 census, Strathbogie and the surrounding area had a population of 304.[1]
Strathbogie | |
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Main street of Strathbogie | |
  Strathbogie | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′S 145°44′E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| LGA | |
| Location | |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 502 m (1,647 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 304 (2016 census)[1] |
| Postcode | 3666 |
| Mean max temp | 18.5 °C (65.3 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 6.1 °C (43.0 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 970.7 mm (38.22 in) |
History
The Post Office opened on 10 July 1878.[2]
Strathbogie is located in the Strathbogie Ranges. Mount Wombat (799 metres), which includes a floral and fauna reserve, is 4.6 km. to the north-west.
Town facilities include a general store/ cafe, war memorial and recreation reserve.
Sports & Recreation
Golfers play at the course of the Strathbogie Golf Club on Armstrong Avenue.[3]
Strathbogie Football Club
The Strathbogie Football Club appears to have played its first match of Australian Rules football in 1893 against Gooram,[4] prior to entering a team in the Euroa District Football Association in 1905.
The Strathbogie North Football Club was formed in May 1895[5] and used to play matches against Strathbogie FC.[6]
The Strathbogie FC then played in the following football competitions -
- 1893 - 1904: Played social matches intermittently against other local sides
- 1905 - 1908: Euroa District Football Association
- 1912 - 1913: Euroa District Football Association
- 1919 - Euroa District Football Association
- 1921 - Euroa District Football Association
- 1923 - 1926: Euroa District Football Association
- 1928 - 1935: Euroa District Football Association
- 1950 - 1954: Hume Highway Football League
- 1955 - 1961: Waranga North East Football Association
- 1962 - 1986: Benalla & District Football League
- 1987: Disbanded
- Premierships
- Euroa District Football Association
- Hume Highway Football League
- Benalla & District Football League
- 1983: Strathbogie: 8.10 - 58 d Bonnie Doon: 6.12 - 48
- Runners Up
- Euroa District Football Association
- Hume Highway Football League
- 1954 - Longwood: 12.4 - 76 d Strathbogie: 8.9 - 57[20]
- Waranga North East Football Association
- 1957 - Bonnie Doon: 10.12 - 72 d Strathbogie: 4.8 - 32
Climate
Strathbogie has warm, dry summers, though which are frequently interrupted by cold fronts on account of its proximity to the Southern Ocean (typical of central Victoria); summer maximum temperatures have been as low as 9.7 °C (49.5 °F) on 1 December 2019, and on 3 February 2005 the maximum did not exceed 10.5 °C (50.9 °F).
A pronounced autumnal lag is noted (March being almost as warm as December), and the winters are cold and rainy with many occurrences of snow. It has a 'Mediterranean' rainfall pattern, with nearly thrice the rainfall in winter than in high summer.
| Climate data for Strathbogie (1974–2024, rainfall to 1902); 501 m AMSL; 36.85° S, 145.73° E | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42.0 (107.6) |
42.0 (107.6) |
36.3 (97.3) |
32.5 (90.5) |
23.5 (74.3) |
19.1 (66.4) |
18.5 (65.3) |
22.0 (71.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
31.0 (87.8) |
37.2 (99.0) |
39.1 (102.4) |
42.0 (107.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27.5 (81.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
24.0 (75.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
14.4 (57.9) |
11.2 (52.2) |
10.2 (50.4) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.3 (57.7) |
18.0 (64.4) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.8 (76.6) |
18.6 (65.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) |
11.6 (52.9) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.7 (42.3) |
3.6 (38.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
1.8 (35.2) |
2.3 (36.1) |
3.7 (38.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
7.6 (45.7) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.2 (43.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 0.0 (32.0) |
1.2 (34.2) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−7.2 (19.0) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
−8.0 (17.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 49.1 (1.93) |
43.5 (1.71) |
57.0 (2.24) |
66.4 (2.61) |
95.0 (3.74) |
113.5 (4.47) |
121.6 (4.79) |
114.9 (4.52) |
94.0 (3.70) |
85.4 (3.36) |
64.0 (2.52) |
58.0 (2.28) |
962.6 (37.90) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 5.3 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 14.5 | 12.1 | 10.5 | 8.2 | 6.5 | 114.3 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 40 | 39 | 45 | 54 | 67 | 74 | 75 | 69 | 63 | 57 | 49 | 42 | 56 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Strathbogie | |||||||||||||
