Postcode(s) 3377 State electorate(s) Ripon Local time Thursday 5:39 AM | LGA(s) Rural City of Ararat Postal code 3377 Federal division Division of Wannon | |
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Location 217 km (135 mi) W of Melbourne
102 km (63 mi) W of Ballarat
10 km (6 mi) NW of Ararat Weather 17°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 49% Humidity | ||
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.
Map of Armstrong VIC 3377, Australia
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
Armstrong, Victoria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA