Strathbogie, Victoria
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Strathbogie | |
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Main street of Strathbogie | |
| Coordinates: 36°51′S 145°44′E / 36.850°S 145.733°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) |
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]
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