Woodside, Victoria
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Woodside is a village in Victoria
, Australia
. At the 2006 census
, Woodside and the surrounding area had a population of 267.
Near Woodside there is the tallest construction of the southern hemisphere, the aerial mast of the VLF Transmitter Woodside
. It is also located near the beach of the same name Woodside Beach
.
A railway connected Woodside with the railhead of Port Albert
from 22 June 1923 until 25 May 1953.
An Australian oil and gas company, Woodside Petroleum, is named from this area.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. At the 2006 census
Census in Australia
The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...
, Woodside and the surrounding area had a population of 267.
Near Woodside there is the tallest construction of the southern hemisphere, the aerial mast of the VLF Transmitter Woodside
VLF Transmitter Woodside
Woodside Omega Transmitter near Woodside, Victoria, Australia at uses an umbrella antenna carried by a 432 metre high grounded lattice steel guyed mast. This mast is the highest construction in the southern hemisphere...
. It is also located near the beach of the same name Woodside Beach
Woodside Beach
Woodside Beach is a rural locality with a popular surf beach in Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 10 km from the town of Woodside, and can be reached by the Woodside Beach Road...
.
A railway connected Woodside with the railhead of Port Albert
Port Albert, Victoria
Port Albert is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia, on the coast of Corner Inlet on the Yarram - Port Albert Road, kilometres south-east of Morwell, kilometres south-east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Wellington. At the 2006 census, Port Albert had a population of 248.Port Albert was one of the...
from 22 June 1923 until 25 May 1953.
An Australian oil and gas company, Woodside Petroleum, is named from this area.