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| Churchill Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 The "Big Cigar" monument in Churchill town centre. | |||||||||||||||
  Churchill | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°19′S 146°25′E / 38.317°S 146.417°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 4,568 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1965 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3842 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Latrobe | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Morwell | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | McMillan | ||||||||||||||
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Churchill is a town in the Latrobe Valley, located in central Gippsland in the east of Victoria, Australia. The town had a population of 4,568[1] at the 2016 census, and is part of the Latrobe City local government area. The town was named in honour of former British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, who had died earlier in the year the town's establishment was announced.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Churchill (UCL)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
