Kalkee, Victoria
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Kalkee is a locality in the
Wimmera The Wimmera is a region of the Australian state of Victoria. The district is located within parts of the Loddon Mallee and the Grampians regions; and covers the dryland farming area south of the range of Mallee scrub, east of the South Aust ...
region of
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, Australia. Kalkee is located on the Blue Ribbon Road, north west of the state capital,
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and north of the regional centre of Horsham. The area consists of flat cropping and grazing farmland. Kalkee has an Australian Rules football team and a
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team. Cricket and tennis are also played at the Kalkee Recreation Reserve. The adjacent Blue Ribbon
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holds motorsports events attracting crowds from the entire Wimmera region. Kalkee once had a Primitive Methodist church and a primary school but have since closed due to a lack of population.


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Towns in Victoria (state) Rural City of Horsham Wimmera {{GrampiansAU-geo-stub