- Trafalgar, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Trafalgar
state = vic
caption =
lga = Shire of Baw Baw
postcode = 3824
est =
pop = 2685 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26821 | name = Trafalgar (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
elevation=
maxtemp = 19.3
mintemp = 8.9
rainfall = 749.4
stategov = Narracan
fedgov = McMillan
dist1 = 124
dir1 = E
location1=Melbourne
dist2 = 11
dir2 = W
location2= MoeTrafalgar is a town in the West
Gippsland region of Victoria,Australia . The town lies on thePrinces Highway and main Gippsland railway line about convert|10|km|mi|0|lk=on west of Moe. The town backs onto the foothills of theStrzelecki Ranges to the south. At the 2006 census, Trafalgar had a population of 2685.Trafalgar Post Office opened on 2 June 1879. 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 ]
Trafalgar was noted for having a
cheese factory producing award-winning cheeses. The factory was owned byPetersville from1960 until its closure in1990 .The town has an
Australian Rules football team, the Trafalgar Bloods, competing in theMid Gippsland Football League .The town has its own railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line.
Education
Trafalgar is serviced by a number of schools:
*Trafalgar Primary School
* St Josephs School (Primary)
*Trafalgar High School References
ee also
*
Thorpdale, Victoria
*Moe, Victoria
*Trafalgar railway station
*Trafalgar High School External links
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Trafalgar/2005/02/17/1108500207525.html A tourism page] (
Sydney Morning Herald )
* [http://www.trafalgar.org.au/ Trafalgar] Official Trafalgar Website.
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