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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2013}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| name     = Buangor
| image    = Buangor Hotel.JPG
| caption  = Buangor Hotel
| state    = vic
| type     = town
| lga      = Rural City of Ararat
| coordinates = {{coord|37|22|S|143|10|E|display=inline,title}}
| use_lga_map = yes
| est      =
| postcode = 3375
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pop      = 112
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes =<ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL20365 | name = Buangor (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 2022-11-16 | quick = on}}</ref>
| elevation=
| maxtemp  =
| mintemp  =
| rainfall =
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Ripon|Ripon]]
| fedgov   =  [[Division of Wannon|Wannon]]
| dist1    = 181
| dir1     = W
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2    = 68
| dir2     = W
| location2= Ballarat
| dist3    = 23
| dir3     = S
| location3= [[Ararat, Victoria|Ararat]]
}}
'''Buangor''' {{IPAc-en|b|j|u|ˈ|æ|ŋ|g|ə}} is a town in western [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]. It is about {{convert|181|km|mi}} west of the state capital, [[Melbourne]]. At the 2021 [[Census of Australia|census]], Buangor had a population of 112.<ref name="abs"/>
Buangor Post Office opened on 25 March 1863.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History  | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Buangor* | access-date = 26 February 2021 }}</ref>
The town has a primary school, which was built in 1878,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buangor-ps.vic.edu.au/|title=Buangor Primary School|publisher=buangor-ps.vic.edu.au|access-date=13 December 2012}}</ref> and had an enrolment of 19 students in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.myschool.edu.au/MainPages/SchoolProfileRep.aspx?SDRSchoolId=44414&DEEWRId=0&CalendarYear=2011&RefId=IE2cubZueWcKkZUTu9%2fiXQ%3d%3d|title=School Profile|publisher=[[Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|ACARA]]|access-date=13 December 2012}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
[[Buangor railway station]], on the [[Ararat V/Line rail service|Ararat railway line]], was closed in 1981.
The area was known as the Parish of Woodnaccerak (also spelled Woodnaggerak) in the [[County of Ripon]] and was established in the 1830s, and is remembered by a north–south road named Woodnaggerak in the district.
The local grazing property "Woodnaggerak" was the home of General Sir [[Brudenell White|Cyril Brudenell Bingham White]], [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]], [[Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]], [[Chief of Army (Australia)|Chief of the General Staff]] 1920–23 to which he commuted at weekends from [[Melbourne]]. He was recalled to the role in early 1940, until killed soon after in the [[Canberra air disaster]].
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