Town in Victoria, Australia
| Armstrong Victoria | |
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  ArmstrongLocation in Rural City of Ararat | |
| Coordinates | 37°12′49″S 142°53′34″E / 37.21361°S 142.89278°E / -37.21361; 142.89278 |
| Population | 88 (2021 census) |
| Postcode(s) | 3377 |
| Location | |
| LGA(s) | Rural City of Ararat |
| State electorate(s) | Ripon |
| Federal division(s) | Wannon |
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.
The population at the 2021 census was 90.
The town began as a gold-mining settlement, with a Post Office (Armstrong's) opening on 1 January 1859, 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.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Armstrong (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 February 2021
- Switching-out Armstrong Waugh, Andrew Australian Railway History, August, 2005 pp. 283–303
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