| 词条 | Newstead, Victoria |
| 释义 |
| type = town | name = Newstead | state = vic | image = Newstead Lyons Street.jpg | caption = Lyons Street | lga = Shire of Mount Alexander | postcode = 3462 | est = | pop = 487 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}} | pop_footnotes = [1] | elevation= | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|37|6|19|S|144|3|54|E|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = Bendigo West | fedgov = Bendigo | dist1 = 142 | dir1 = | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 56 | dir2 = | location2= Bendigo | dist3 = 17 | dir3 = | location3= Castlemaine | dist4 = 32 | dir4 = | location4= Maryborough }} Newstead is a town in Victoria, Australia, situated along the Loddon River. It is in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area. At the 2006 census, Newstead had a population of 487.[1] Newstead has many festivals and folk events and is in the centre of the golden triangle, close to many tourist attractions and events. HistoryThe Post Office opened on 1 August 1857.[2] The Town today{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2009}}It has two pubs, community centre, cafe, a general store, a Rural Transaction Centre (with Internet café, Bendigo Bank, library, daycare and other services), a small licensed IGA and bakery, a swimming pool, a hairdresser as well as a monthly newspaper, the Newstead Echo. It also has a licensed cafe, a butcher, two small shops selling vintage odds and ends and a winery just out of town. There is a town primary school and kindergarten and high schools nearby, a community hall, race park and Rotunda park for events such as the Newstead Fire Brigade Market which occurs 4 times a year. Dates for 2017 are Saturday 18 March, Saturday 20 May, Saturday 16 September, Saturday 18 November. There is a women's group, four churches, performers group, organic growers group, playgroup, senior citizens' club, lawn bowls club, croquet club, football and netball club, tennis club, natives groups, walking group and spinners' group. Annually, Newstead holds a folk music festival over the Australia Day weekend with artists coming from all around Australia and some from overseas. As well as 'Chopped' magazine holding their annual, Chopped Rod & Custom show, which brings traditional style rods and custom cars from all over Australia into the town for a weekend. The Loddon River that flows through the town has caused a levee bank to be built in 1912 which has stopped the town from flooding several times. The old courthouse has now become the Newstead historical society and holds a collection of items relating to the history of Newstead. References1. ^1 {{Census 2006 AUS|id=UCL238400|name=Newstead (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)|accessdate=21 September 2008|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}} External links{{commons category-inline}}
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