Lethbridge, Victoria
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- For other meanings of Lethbridge, see Lethbridge (disambiguation).
| Lethbridge Victoria |
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 Lethbridge Railway Station |
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| Population: | 892 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3332 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Golden Plains Shire | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Ballarat East, Polwarth | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Corangamite | ||||||||||||
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Lethbridge is a rural township outside Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Bluestone from Lethbridge quarries was used to build several significant buildings in Melbourne, 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,[2] 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Lethbridge (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ Rail Geelong - Geelong Line Guide. www.railgeelong.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
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