Buangor

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Buangor
Victoria

Buangor Hotel
Buangor
Coordinates 37°22′S 143°10′E / 37.367°S 143.167°E / -37.367; 143.167Coordinates: 37°22′S 143°10′E / 37.367°S 143.167°E / -37.367; 143.167
Population 248 (2011)[1]
Postcode(s) 3375
Location
LGA(s) Rural City of Ararat

Buangor is a town in northern Victoria. It is approximately 181 kilometres (112 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2011 census, Buangor had a population of 248.[1]

Buangor Post Office opened on 25 March 1863[2]

The town has a primary school, which was built in 1878,[3] and had an enrolment of 19 students in 2011.[4]

Buangor railway station, on the Ararat railway line, was closed in 1981.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Buangor (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  2. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 13 December 2012 
  3. ↑ "Buangor Primary School". buangor-ps.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  4. ↑ "School Profile". ACARA. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 

External links

Media related to Buangor, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons

Towns in the Rural City of Ararat


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