Strathbogie, Victoria

Strathbogie is a town in central Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area. At the, Strathbogie and the surrounding area had a population of 304.

History
The Post Office opened on 10 July 1878.

Strathbogie is located in the Strathbogie Ranges. Mount Wombat (799 metres), which includes a floral and fauna reserve, is 4.6 km. to the north-west.

Town facilities include a general store/ cafe, war memorial and recreation reserve.

Sports & Recreation
Golfers play at the course of the Strathbogie Golf Club on Armstrong Avenue.

Strathbogie Football Club
The Strathbogie Football Club appears to of played its first match of Australian Rules football in 1893 against Gooram, prior to entering a team in the Euroa District Football Association in 1905.

The Strathbogie North Football Club was formed in May 1895 and use to play matches against Strathbogie FC.

The Strathbogie FC then played in the following football competitions -
 * 1893 - 1904: Played social matches intermittently against other local sides
 * 1905 - 1908: Euroa District Football Association
 * 1912 - 1913: Euroa District Football Association
 * 1919 - Euroa District Football Association
 * 1921 - Euroa District Football Association
 * 1923 - 1926: Euroa District Football Association
 * 1928 - 1935: Euroa District Football Association
 * 1950 - 1954: Hume Highway Football League
 * 1962 - 1986: Benalla & District Football League
 * 1987: Disbanded


 * Premierships
 * Euroa District Football Association
 * 1912 - Strathbogie: 5.14 - 44 d Gooram: 3.5 - 23
 * 1939 - Strathbogie: 10.21 - 81 d Miepoll: 7.15 - 57


 * Hume Highway Football League
 * 1950 - Strathbogie: 11.7 - 73 d Broadford 2nds: 8.13 - 61
 * 1951 - Strathbogie: 13.15 - 91 d Longwood: 6.15 - 51
 * 1952 - Strathbogie: 12.21 - 91 d Longwood: 9.13 - 67
 * 1954 - Strathbogie: defeated Longwood:


 * Benalla & District Football League
 * 1983: Strathbogie: 8.10 - 58 d Bonnie Doon: 6.12 - 48


 * Runners Up
 * Euroa District Football Association
 * 1925 - Baddaginnie: 6.16 - 52 d Strathbogie: 6.9 - 45
 * 1937 - Miepoll d Strathbogie
 * 1949 - Violet Town: 13.11 - 89 d Strathbogie: 5.6 - 36
 * Hume Hiighway Football League
 * 1954 - Longwood: 12.4 - 76 d Strathbogie: 8.9 - 57

Climate


Strathbogie has warm, dry summers, though which are frequently interrupted by cold fronts on account of its proximity to the Southern Ocean (typical of Central Victoria); summer maximum temperatures have been as cold as 9.7 C on 01 December 2019, and on 03 February 2005 the maximum did not exceed 10.5 C.

A pronounced autumnal lag is noted (March being almost as warm as December), and the winters are cold and rainy with many occurrences of snowfall. It has a 'Mediterranean' rainfall pattern, with nearly thrice the rainfall in winter than in high summer.