Location of Birchip in Victoria (red)

Birchip is a small country town in Victoria, Australia with approximately 800 people with an additional 200 people living on farming areas. It has a P-12 school, and an Australian Rules Football club, "The Bulls", also known as the Birchip-Watchem Bulls. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1641x1154, 134 KB) Summary Shows location of w: Birchip, Victoria marked in red in the Australian state of w:Victoria. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1641x1154, 134 KB) Summary Shows location of w: Birchip, Victoria marked in red in the Australian state of w:Victoria. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th)  - Land 227,416 km²  - Water 10,213 km² (4. ... Australian football, which is also known as Australian rules football, or less formally as Aussie rules or footy is a code of football which originated in Melbourne, Australia. ...

The farms in the area typically grow wheat, barley, canola, and other varieties of cerial. Some people have pig sheds, though most livestock in the district are sheep. There is a hospital which shares a lodge for elderly care. Species T. boeoticum T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 Wheat (Triticum spp. ... Binomial name Hordeum vulgare L. Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a major food and animal feed crop, a member of the grass family Poaceae. ... Canola field near Red Deer, Alberta In agriculture, Canola is a trademarked cultivar of the rapeseed plant from which rapeseed oil is obtained. ...

Five main roads enter the town. It is located approximatley 346 kilometres northwest of Victoria's capital city Melbourne. A road passes through Birchip that divides the Wimmera region of Victoria (to the south) from the Mallee region of Victoria (to the north). To travel to Birchip from Melbourne there are two prefered routes, one through Ballarat via the Sunraisia Highway and one through Bendigo via the Calder Highway. Each route's travel times are similar and the Ballarat route is more mountainous in some areas. There is an aerodrome for light aircraft. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Coat of arms of Ballarat Ballarat is the largest inland city in Victoria, Australia, approximately 120 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, with a population of 87,000 people. ... Central Bendigo from the Botanic Gardens Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria (Australia), located in the City of Greater Bendigo. ... Calder Freeway M79 is freeway linking Melbourne to Bendigo. ...