Stawell

Stawell is an Australian town in the Wimmera locale of Victoria 237 kilometers west-north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. Situated inside the Shire of Northern Grampians neighborhood government zone, it is a seat of nearby government for the shire and its primary authoritative focus. At the 2016 enumeration, Stawell had a populace of 6,032. It was established in 1853 amid the Victorian dash for unheard of wealth and is one of couple of towns in Victoria holding a functioning gold mining industry.

Stawell is popular for the Stawell Gift, an expert foot race. It is otherwise called the portal to the Grampians National Park. It is named after Sir William Foster Stawell 1815– 89, the Chief Justice of Victoria. Alongside the Stawell Gift, run every Easter long end of the week by the Stawell Athletic Club, Stawell additionally has numerous other brandishing outlets and groups.

The town has a primary Australian standards football club, the Stawell Warriors, contending in the Wimmera Football League, and another group, the Stawell Swifts, contending in the Horsham and District Football League. The pony hustling club, the Wimmera Racing Club, plans around four race gatherings a year at Stawell including the Stawell Cup meeting on Easter Sunday. Stawell Harness Racing Club conducts standard gatherings at its circuit in the town.