Woolsthorpe is a small town in the Shire of Moyne, Victoria

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....

. It is situated at the intersection of the Woolsthorpe-Heywood, Kororoit-Woolsthopre, and Warrnambool-Caramut roads, on the banks of Spring Creek. There is a local pub, the National Hotel. 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,...

, Woolsthorpe had a population of 694.

The nearest large town is Warrnambool

Warrnambool, Victoria

-Cityscape:The original City of Warrnambool was a 4x8 grid, with boundaries of Lava Street , Japan Street , Merri Street and Henna Street . In the nineteenth century, it was intended that Fairy Street – with its proximity to the Warrnambool Railway Station – would be the main street of...

26.5 kilometres further south.

Woolsthorpe Post Office opened on 6 August 1861.

The local agriculture is primarily based on sheep and cattle.