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词条 Wallington, Victoria
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Wallington
| state = vic
| image =
| caption =
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|38|12|S|144|29|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = right
| lga = City of Greater Geelong
| postcode = 3222
| pop = 1,364
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = [1]
| est =
| stategov = Bellarine
| fedgov = Corangamite
| fedgov2 = Corio
| near-nw = Leopold
| near-n = Curlewis
| near-ne = Drysdale
| near-w = Connewarre
| near-e = Mannerim and Marcus Hill
| near-sw = Connewarre
| near-s = Barwon Heads
| near-se = Ocean Grove
}}Wallington is a rural township near Geelong. At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, the town and surrounding area had a population of 1,353.[1]

The township was settled in the early 1870s, the Post Office opening on 22 February 1872.[2]

Its surrounding suburbs are Leopold, Curlewis, Ocean Grove and Marcus Hill.

It is well known for its popular annual strawberry festival, the Wallington Strawberry Fair, a fundraising event held by Wallington Primary School. A popular water theme park, Adventure Park is located on the outskirts of the township. Wallington also has a Cricket Club who plays at Wallington Recreation Reserve on Wallington Road along with the Bellarine Bears Baseball Club

References

1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC22650|name=Wallington (State Suburb)|accessdate=2017-11-16|quick=on}}
2. ^{{Citation| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=vic&country=| accessdate = 11 April 2008}}
{{refimprove|date=July 2007}}{{Geelong suburbs}}{{Bellarine Peninsula}}{{VictoriaAU-geo-stub}}

3 : Towns in Victoria (Australia)|Bellarine Peninsula|Suburbs of Geelong

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