Lowesdale is a town community in
Australia
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in the central south part of the
Riverina and situated about 2 kilometres north of
Buraja and 92 kilometres east of
Berrigan on the
Riverina Highway
Riverina Highway is a -long state highway located in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The road was constructed over several decades with final asphalt concrete sealing completed during the 1960s.
Route
The eastern terminus of ...
. At the
2021 census, Lowesdale had a population of 100.
Lowesdale Post Office opened on 1 August 1876 and closed in 1994.
Sport and recreation
In 1915, the small community of Lowesdale entered two football teams in the
Coreen & District Football Association, Lowesdale FC and the Lowesdale Military FC who went onto win the 1915 premiership.
Both teams went into recess in 1916 due to
WW1
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
and neither team was ever re-established.
Notes and references
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Towns in the Riverina
Towns in New South Wales
Federation Council, New South Wales