Towns in Australia

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Trafalgar VIC

Trafalgar

Postcode: 3824

Trafalgar is a town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the Princes Highway and main Gippsland railway line about 10km west of Moe. The town backs onto the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges to the south. At the 2001 census, Trafalgar had a population of 2273.

Trafalgar was noted for having a cheese factory producing award-winning cheeses. The factory was owned by Petersville from 1960 until its closure in 1990.

Its football team, the Trafalgar Bloods, is one of the finer aspects of the town as well as the great football ground.