| Type: | town |
| Woodstock | |
| State: | vic |
| Alternative Location Map: | Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne |
| Coordinates: | -37.544°N 145.056°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in metropolitan Melbourne |
| Lga: | City of Whittlesea |
| Postcode: | 3751 |
| Pop: | 150 |
| Stategov: | Yan Yean |
| Fedgov: | McEwen |
| Near-Nw: | Beveridge |
| Near-N: | Eden Park |
| Near-Ne: | Whittlesea |
| Near-W: | Donnybrook |
| Near-E: | Yan Yean |
| Near-Sw: | Wollert |
| Near-S: | Mernda |
| Near-Se: | Mernda |
| Local Map: | yes |
| Zoom: | 11 |
Woodstock is a bounded semi-rural locality in Victoria, Australia, located just north of Melbourne's outer suburbs, located within the City of Whittlesea local government area. Woodstock recorded a population of 150 at the .
Australian contemporary poet Robbie Coburn hails from Woodstock. Former Western Australian premier Philip Collier was born and raised in Woodstock. Writer/ Director Billy Rowlands is also from Woodstock.
Woodstock Post Office opened on 9 January 1858 and closed in 1971. To the west Woodstock West Post office opened in 1877 and continued operating until 1959. In September 1876 a small timber Catholic church, known as the church of St. Patrick, was erected for local worshippers.[1]
Deputations were made to the Victorian government during the 1890s to bring a railway line through the area. It was decided that the Sydney-Melbourne rail corridor would run to the west, parallel with the Hume Highway, and so the closest railway station is at Donnybrook, approximately 8km (05miles) away.[2]
Jones, Michael Nature's Plenty: a history of the City of Whittlesea, Sydney, N.S.W. Allen & Unwin, 1992