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Winchelsea is a town in Victoria, Australia.It is in the Surf Coast Shire local government area and located on the Barwon River 115 km south-west of Melbourne and close to Geelong (37 km north-east).
The first Europeans to reside in the area were squatters who established grazing runs there c. 1837. The town developed around the Barwon Inn, established in 1842 by Prosper Nicholas Trebeck and Charles Beal [1]. The Post Office opened as Barwon on 1 July 1848 and was renamed Winchelsea in 1854. [2] The railway though the town was opened in 1876,[3] as part of the line to the south west of the state. The local railway station is served by V/Line passenger services on the Warrnambool line. At the 2001 census, Winchelsea had a population of 1,102.[1]
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- Barwon Hotel (1842) with a collection of historical artefacts.
- Barwon River Bridge (1867) over the Barwon River is an impressive stone structure.
- Barwon Park (National Trust) designed by architects Davidson & Henderson and built 1869 - 1871 of bluestone for Thomas and Elizabeth Austin.
- Old Shire Hall
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League.
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Coordinates: 38°14′S 143°59′E / -38.233, 143.983
