Postcode(s) 3751 Woodstock Yan Yean Population 337 (2011 census) LGA(s) City of Whittlesea | State electorate(s) Yan Yean Postal code 3751 Federal division Division of McEwen | |
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Woodstock is a bounded semi-rural locality in Victoria, Australia located just north of Melbourne's outer suburbs. Its local government area is the City of Whittlesea. At the 2011 census, Woodstock had a population of 337.
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Map of Woodstock VIC 3751, Australia
Australian contemporary poet Robbie Coburn hails from Woodstock.
History
Woodstock Post Office opened on 9 January 1858 and closed in 1971. To the west Woodstock West Post office opened in 1877 and continued operating until 1959. In September 1876 a small timber Catholic church, known as the church of St. Patrick, was erected for local worshippers. In 1879 the original church was replaced with one constructed of local stone. A Presbyterian church soon followed and in the early 1900s a Wesleyan Methodist church was established.
Deputations were made to the Victorian government during the 1890s to bring a railway line through the area. Unfortunately it was decided that the Sydney-Melbourne rail corridor would run to the west, parallel with the Hume Highway, and so the closest railway station is at Donnybrook approximately 8 km away.