About Stroud
Stroud is a small country town one hour north of Newcastle, in the MidCoast Council area. The major road through it is the Bucketts Way.
The township traces its beginning to the late 1820s, when it became the headquarters of the Australian Agricultural Company. In 1824 the company received a grant of a million acres between Port Stephens and the Manning River, to be used for agriculture.
How Stroud got here
A few dates and facts that shaped the place.
1832
Stroud is a self-contained village; by 1836 the company’s storehouses and much of its convict labour are here.
1850
The village has become the company’s headquarters, and land has been subdivided for private settlement, with settlers arriving from England.
Still standing
Stroud House (1827–32), St John’s Church (1833), Quambi School House and the underground grain silos.
More about Stroud
The Stroud Show is usually held the first weekend after Easter, the Stroud Rodeo the third weekend in September, and the Stroud International Brick and Pin Throwing Contest on a Saturday in July, at the same time as the same event in three other Strouds around the world.
The Stroud Raiders football team reformed in 2007, and the town has a cricket team and four tennis courts. The 25-metre pool is usually open from October to April and free for the community. In April 2015 a large storm caused flash flooding that damaged sporting facilities, houses, property and camping grounds.
Where is Stroud?
Stroud is in the MidCoast Council area on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales.
Nearby towns with hubs on OurHub, with straight-line distances: Bulahdelah (23 km east), North Arm Cove (30 km south), Tea Gardens (34 km south-east), Hawks Nest (36 km south-east).
What the Stroud directory lists
To eat and drink: Bonza's Cafe, Stroud Milk Bar & Cafe. Shops and services: Stroud Post Office. For health: Stroud Pharmacy. Halls and community places: Stroud Library.
Parks, beaches and recreation: Allen Park, Silo Hill, Stroud Common. Schools and learning: Stroud Public School. Churches: The Church of St John. Emergency services: Stroud Ambulance, Stroud Police Station, Stroud Rural Fire Brigade.
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Photo: “St. John's in Stroud - panoramio” by Annette Teng (CC BY 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons. Town facts: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the Australian Bureau of Statistics census. Straight-line distances are worked out from the hub’s coordinates. Directory locations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).