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词条 Stanhope, Victoria
释义

  1. History

  2. Today

  3. Notable people

  4. References

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| type = town
| name = Stanhope
| state = vic
| image = StanhopeMainStreet.JPG
| caption = Main street
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|36|27|0|S|144|59|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = top
| lga = Shire of Campaspe
| postcode = 3623
| est =
| pop = 828
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = [1]
| elevation=
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| stategov = Euroa
| fedgov = Murray
| dist1 = 197
| dir1 = N
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 42
| dir2 = W
| location2= Shepparton
| dist3 = 22
| dir3 = S
| location3= Kyabram
}}Stanhope is a small town in north central Victoria, Australia. Stanhope is {{convert|42|km|mi|0}} from Shepparton. It lies {{convert|197|km|mi|0}} north of the state capital Melbourne and {{convert|567|km|mi|0}} south west of Canberra the capital city of Australia. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Stanhope had a population of 828.[1]

History

The Post Office opened on 21 May 1917 but was known as Lauderdale until 1920.[2]

Today

Like many towns in this area of Victoria it relies heavily on its fruit production, food processing and farming and a large food processing plant lies in the centre of the town.

Like much of Victoria Netball and Australian rules football are extremely popular and Stanhope hosts a team which is part of the Kyabram & District Football League.

Services in the town include a general convenience store, a pub, lawn bowls and tennis courts.

Local landmarks include Lake Cooper and Loch Garry and other towns nearby include Girgarre and Tatura and Echuca.

Notable people

John McEwen, a.k.a. "Black Jack McEwen", 18th Prime Minister of Australia, was a dairy farmer in Stanhope before entering politics.

References

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1. ^{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC21260| name = Stanhope (State Suburb) | accessdate = 5 December 2014 | 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 = 2008-04-11}}
{{Towns in the Shire of Campaspe}}

1 : Towns in Victoria (Australia)

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