Newbridge is a town in central Victoria,

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. The town is located on the

Loddon River The Loddon River, an inland river of the northcentral catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower Riverina bioregion and Central Highlands and Loddon Mallee regions of the Australian state of Victoria. The headwaters ...

and in the

Shire of Loddon The Shire of Loddon is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of and in 2021 had a population of 7,759. It includes the towns of Inglewood, Boort, Serpentine, Pyramid H ...

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, north of the state capital,

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. In the , Newbridge had a population of 192. Newbridge was founded as a gold mining town. The Post Office opened on 1 February, 1856. Newbridge is a popular camping and fishing location with campsites available along the river. The town is host to a Family Fishing Bonanza in February and the "Music for the people" event in March. It is the birthplace of

Arthur Wellesley Bayley Arthur Bayley (28 March 1865 – 29 October 1896) was a gold prospector who discovered gold at Fly Flat, Western Australia on 17 September 1892, around which the town of Coolgardie grew. Early life Bayley was born in Newbridge, Victoria, son o ...

who, with William Ford discovered the goldfields of Coolgardie in September 1892; Coolgardie being a town in the vicinity of

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. The Newbridge Football Netball Club known as the Maroons are an

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football club competing in the Loddon Valley Football League.

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