Saint Arnaud, Victoria

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St Arnaud
Victoria

Main street passing through St Arnaud.

Population:

2,398 (2001 census)

Postcode:

3478

Elevation:

240 m

Location:

244 km from Melbourne
132 km from Ballarat
108 km from Horsham

LGA:

Northern Grampians Shire

State District:

Swan Hill

Federal Division:

Mallee

Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Rainfall
20.8 °C ^{69 °F}	8.4 °C ^{47 °F}	495.2 mm ^{19.5 in}

Saint Arnaud ( 36°36′S, 143°15′E) is a town in Victoria, Australia, on the Sunraysia Highway. It is in the Northern Grampians Shire local government area. It is named after French marshal Jacques Leroy de Saint Arnaud. At the 2001 census, St Arnaud had a population of 2,398.^[1]

It hosts a lawn tennis tournament over the easter weekend each year.

St Arnaud is a former gold mining town, situated on the main route between Ballarat and Mildura. The town features many well-preserved historic buildings which line the main thoroughfare of Napier Street, including a generous collection of pubs. A number of attractive gardens exist in town, including the Queen Mary Gardens, the Market Square gardens adjacent to the council offices, and Lord Nelson Park which offers sporting facilities as well as attractions such as the old Lord Nelson Mine and good views from Wilsons Hill.

A short drive south of St Arnaud towards Avoca is the St Arnaud Range National Park, featuring steep, forested terrain, camp sites, and the Teddington Reservoir.

For this town of 2800 people there are 8 or so pubs, this means that there are 350 people to one pub (this includes child, elders, and non-pub-go-ers)

Pioneer Park - this is believed to be Australia's only remaining public park designed by Edna Walling Queen Mary Botanic Gardens

[edit] See also

St. Arnaud Mercury

[edit] External links

St Arnaud Football Club

[edit] References

^ St Arnaud (Urban Centre/Locality). 2001 Census QuickStats. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.

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