Stanhope, Victoria Stanhope, Victoria Stanhope is a small town in north central Victoria, Australia. Stanhope is from Shepparton. It lies north of the state capital Melbourne and south west of Canberra the capital city of Australia. At the , Stanhope had a population of 828. The Post Office opened on 21 May 1917 but was known as Lauderdale until 1920. Like many towns in this area of Victoria it relies heavily on its fruit production, food processing and farming and a large food processing plant lies in the centre of the town. Like much of Victoria Netball and Australian rules football are
Cultural depictions of Queen Victoria Adelaide, capital city of the state of South Australia, the Queen Victoria Square, named after her also has a large statue of her. In Brisbane, capital city of the state of Queensland, there is a statue of her in Queens Square, also named for her;. Ballarat, a boomtown in Victoria has a statue of Queen Victoria in the main street directly opposite its town hall. A small bust of the Queen is in the Queen Victoria Gardens in Burnt Pine, the largest town in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. Statues erected to Victoria are common in Canada, where her