Mittyack is a locality in
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
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,
Australia
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, located approximately 37 km from Ouyen on the
Calder Highway
Calder Highway is a rural highway in Australia, linking Mildura and the Victoria/New South Wales border to Bendigo, in North Central Victoria. South of Bendigo, where the former highway has been upgraded to freeway-standard, Calder Freeway lin ...
.
Located in a wheat-growing area of the Mallee the locality was settled in the 1910s, the Post Office opening on 5 December 1916 and closing in 1979.
The
Kulwin railway line
The Kulwin railway line is located in north-western Victoria, Australia. It junctions from the Robinvale line at Korong Vale and only sees usage by freight trains.
History
The line was opened from Korong Vale to Wycheproof in 1883, and ext ...
reached Mittyack in 1919 and was extended to
Kulwin the following year.
The line through Mittyack was closed in 2010.
Mittyack West State School (No. 4277) opened on 24 September 1926 and closed on 19 May 1939. The building was removed to Woornack.
On
26 December 2038, the centreline of a total solar eclipse will pass directly over Mittyack.
References
External links
Google Street View- Railway Crossing and Wheat Silos at Mittyack
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Mallee (Victoria)
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