Trafalgar is a town in the West

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region of

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. The town lies on the

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and main Gippsland railway line about west of Moe. The town backs onto the foothills of the

Strzelecki Ranges The Strzelecki Ranges ( ) is a set of low mountain ridges located in the West Gippsland and South Gippsland regions of the Australian state of Victoria. The Ranges are named after Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, a Polish explorer, who with the ass ...

to the south. The township sits at approximately 70 metres above sea level. At the , Trafalgar had a population of 3,912. The town is named in honour of the

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement that took place on 21 October 1805 between the Royal Navy and a combined fleet of the French Navy, French and Spanish Navy, Spanish navies during the War of the Third Coalition. As part of Na ...

, 1805, which established the

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's supremacy at sea; allowing consolidation of Britain's Australian colonies at the time. Trafalgar Post Office opened on 2 June 1879. Trafalgar was noted for having a

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factory producing award-winning cheeses. The factory was owned by Petersville from 1960 until its closure in 1990. The town has a

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on the Bairnsdale railway line. It also has a swimming pool, tennis courts,

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hall, Uniting church and town hall.

Education

Trafalgar is serviced by a number of schools: * Trafalgar Primary School * St Josephs School (Primary) *

Trafalgar High School Trafalgar High School is a government-funded co-educational secondary day school, located in Trafalgar, West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It officially opened in 1964 after running classes on the original Trafalgar Primary School grounds ...

Sport

Trafalgar has an

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football team, The Bloods, which competes in the

Mid Gippsland Football League The Mid Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football and netball league in the Latrobe Valley and South Gippsland regions of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. History The Mid Gippsland Football League (MGFL) was founded i ...

. In their distinctive colours of blood red with white stripes, The Bloods have had great success since joining the league in 1969, winning over 100 premierships, their latest being in 2017 when they defeated Newborough by 69 points. Golfers play at the course of the Trafalgar Golf Club on Gibsons Road - a beautifully crafted course in a rural setting, often listed by golfing magazines as one of the best in Australia. Trafalgar has a lawn bowling club, the Trafalgar Bowls Club with a synthetic green and a grass green, situated in Seven Mile Road. The Club officially opened in September, 1915.

Warragul Warragul () is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. As of the , the town had a population of ...

Radio stations Triple M Gippsland and

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also service this region.

Notable people

* Judy Hall, local musician and piano teacher in Gippsland for over 70 years. *

Tim Forsyth Tim Forsyth (born 17 August 1973 in Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia) is a retired Australian three-time Olympic high jumper: 1992, 1996, and 2000). Forsyth's first success on the international scene came in 1990 with a silver medal a ...

, Olympic highjumper, attended Trafalgar High School * Harold Mitchell, Melbourne based media tycoon and philanthropist * Bill Collins, race-caller

References

External links

A tourism page
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Education

Sport

Notable people

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