Woodside (Victoria)

Woodside
State :  Australia State : Victoria
Coordinates : 38 ° 32 '  S , 146 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 38 ° 32 '  S , 146 ° 53'  E Area : 256.1  km²
Residents : 364 (2016) Population density : 1.4 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 3874 LGA : Shire of Wellington
Woodside

Woodside is a small community near the southeast coast of the Australian state of Victoria in the Wellington Shire . The place is 226 km east of Melbourne , 68 km southeast of Traralgon and 22 km from Yarram .

Woodside was connected to Port Albert from June 22, 1923 to May 25, 1953 with a railway line. The place was named for Woodside Petroleum , one of the largest Australian oil companies, which opened its first oil well there.

Near Woodside, at 38 ° 28 '52.42 "south latitude and 146 ° 56' 7.06" east longitude, there is a long-wave transmitter with a 432 meter high transmission mast, which is currently the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere. This transmission mast was used for the OMEGA navigation system until 1997 and is now used as a transmitter for transmitting messages to submarines.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Woodside (Vic.) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
2. ^ Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, pp. 145-149, July 1988