Explore Birdwoodton, Victoria, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birdwoodton, VIC map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birdwoodton, Victoria, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Victoria or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Birdwoodton and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Birdwoodton.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | Birdwoodton |
| State | Victoria (VIC) |
| Local Government Area | Mildura Rural City |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Outer Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -34.19969 |
| Longitude | 142.06862 |
| Population | 610 |
| Density | 50.8 /km² |
| Area | 12.0 km² |
| Elevation | 56 m |
| Postcode | 3505 |
| Area Code | 03 |
| Distance to Melbourne | 479 km northwest |
Birdwoodton is a locality in the Mildura Rural City local government area of Victoria, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 610. The locality covers an area of 12.0 km², giving a population density of about 50.8 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 56 m above sea level. It lies approximately 479 km northwest of Melbourne. Birdwoodton is located at 34.1997°S, 142.0686°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 3505. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Outer Regional Australia.
Birdwoodton rests where the sun-drenched plains begin to yield to the subtle undulations of the Mallee scrub. It lies 6.3 km west-north-west of Mildura, VIC (from Mildura, VIC: bearing 281°T), and is situated 11.6 km west-north-west of Irymple. The air here carries a dry, clean scent, a blend of sun-baked earth and the faint, sweet perfume of eucalyptus leaves, particularly potent in the late afternoon when the light softens to a warm, honeyed hue. Wide, dusty roads, fringed by hardy saltbush and the occasional hardy, resilient acacia, lead the eye across a landscape that feels both vast and intimately detailed, where the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth is a constant, quiet soundtrack. The sky above is an immense canvas, often a piercing blue that can shift to bruised purples and fiery oranges as the day draws to a close, painting the horizon with an almost theatrical flair.
The story of Birdwoodton is deeply entwined with the thirsty land and the ingenuity of those who sought to tame it. While the broad-acre farming that once defined the region has seen shifts, the spirit of resilience remains, now often channelled into niche horticultural pursuits and the burgeoning wine industry that draws on the unique terroir of the Mildura Rural City. Echoes of earlier days, when the land was first surveyed and settlement began in earnest, can still be felt, a quiet testament to the generations who worked this soil, their lives etched into the very character of Birdwoodton. The local economy, though diverse, still breathes with the rhythm of the seasons, a dependence on the sun and rain that shapes the daily routines and the enduring pride of its inhabitants.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Birdwoodton, Victoria. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Birdwoodton, in the Mildura Rural City local government area.
Detailed location data for Birdwoodton includes the postcode (3505), telephone area code (03), and local government area (Mildura Rural City), with an ABS remoteness classification of Outer Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Birdwoodton is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | October 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |