Woodford, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Woodford
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Moyne, City of Warrnambool
postcode = 3281
est =
pop = 479
pop_footnotes=
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = South-West Coast
fedgov = Wannon
dist1 = 266
dir1 = SW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 9
dir2 = N
location2= Warrnambool, Victoria

Woodford is a township in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. located convert|9|km|mi|0|lk=on north of Warrnambool. At the 2006 census, the population of the combined area was 479.Census 2006 AUS
id=UCL207450
name=Bushfield-Woodford (L)
accessdate=2008-06-13
quick=on]

The town is home to Woodford Primary School. The school opened on the midnight of April 30 and May 1, 1854.cite web
url = http://www.woodfordps.vic.edu.au/ourschool.htm
title = School Profile
publisher = Woodford Primary School
accessdate = 2008-06-17] Back then, the school was small; it was relocated to the hill further north 100 years after its opening.Fact|date=June 2008 In late August 2001, the bottom flat was flooded after heavy rain. The school closed the day afterwards before re-opening after the water receded.Fact|date=June 2008

Woodford Post Office opened on 1 January 1854, and closed in 1975. Citation

last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

Other buildings of interest include the church and a former art gallery. The town is joined with nearby Bushfield to make Woodford-Bushfield.

References

External links

* [http://www.woodfordps.vic.edu.au/ school web site]