- Lethbridge, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Lethbridge
state = vic
caption = Lethbridge Railway Station
lga = Golden Plains Shire
postcode = 3332
est =
pop = 892 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26001 | name = Lethbridge (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Ballarat East, Polwarth
fedgov = Corangamite
dist1 = 97
dir1 = W
location1=Melbourne
dist2 = 31
dir2 = N
location2= Geelong
dist3 = 59
dir3 = SE
location3= Ballarat
dist4 = 17
dir4 = S
location4= Meredith
dist5 = 11
dir5 = N
location5= Bannockburn
near-nw = Meredith
near-n = Meredith
near-ne = Meredith
near-w = Teesdale
near-e = Sutherlands Creek
near-sw = Inverleigh
near-s = Stonehaven
near-se = BannockburnLethbridge is a
rural township outsideGeelong, Victoria ,Australia .Bluestone from Lethbridge quarries was used to build several significant buildings inMelbourne , including the steps to the Parliament House. At the 2006 census, Lethbridge had a population of 892.It has a primary school, Uniting Church and a
Catholic church, a sports facility (with two football ovals and a tennis court), a town hall, a CFA, cake shop and a general store. The railway came to the town with the opening of the Geelong-Ballarat line in 1862,cite web
url=http://www.railgeelong.com/lineguide/geelong
title=Rail Geelong - Geelong Line Guide
publisher=www.railgeelong.com
accessdate=2008-04-23] with the local railway station opened soon after, but today only grain and freight trains use the line.Peter Lalor , the leader of the Eureka Stockade rebellion, hid overnight in Lethbridge while fleeing from Ballarat to Geelong in November 1854.References
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