Stratford is a rural locality in the

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in the

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, Australia. The largest population centre in the area is the town of Stratford, which is approximately south of

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and north of

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. Stratford, which is next to the Avon River, is on

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, from the Pacific Highway, the nearest major highway. At the 2006 census, the village of Stratford had a population of 110. The village has a park with cricket pitch and play-gym, a

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shed, shop with petroleum, hall, church, public school and the Stratford lawn cemetery. The village is located on one of the main access routes to the

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. The principal industries of the area include mining, beef cattle breeding and dairying. The nearby Stratford coal mine transports coal to Newcastle for export or the New South Wales Power Stations.

Notes

# This population figure is for the village only. The

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data for Stratford does not include the entire suburb.

References

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