Winchelsea, Victoria

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Winchelsea is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Surf Coast Shire local government area.

Winchelsea is a town of 1000 people, located on the Barwon River 115 km south-west of Melbourne and close to Geelong (37 km north-east). The first Europeans to reside in the area were squatters who established grazing runs there c. 1837. The town developed around the Barwon Inn, established in 1842 by Prosper Nicholas Trebeck and Charles Beal [1].

Albert Jacka, the first Australian to win a Victoria Cross in World War I was born at Winchelsea in 1893.

[edit] Places of interest

  • Barwon Hotel (1842) with a collection of historical artefacts.
  • Barwon River Bridge (1867) over the Barwon River is an impressive stone structure.
  • Barwon Park (National Trust) designed by architects Davidson & Henderson and built 1869 - 1871 of bluestone for Thomas and Elizabeth Austin.
  • Old Shire Hall

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Coordinates: 38°14′S 143°59′E

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