Murrayville is a town on the section of the

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and Pinnaroo railway line between Ouyen and the

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, but east of

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. At the 2016 census, Murrayville had a population of 280, down from 444 ten years before. The local school,

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is a

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History

The Post Office opened on 1 November 1910. The

Murrayville railway station Murrayville Railway Station was the railway station servicing the town of Murrayville in Victoria, Australia. The station was constructed in 1912 on the Pinnaroo railway line for the Victorian Railways. It comprises a standard, single storey, ...

opened in 1912 but is no longer used for passengers. The area of the locality contains a number of smaller areas namely

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which had a post office open from 1913 until 1918, Duddo Wells with a post office from 1914 until 1950, Danyo with a post office from 1912 (when the railway arrived) until 1975, and Goongee. Murrayville Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1983.

Industry

The town's main industry is cereal crops, sheep and cattle, other industries are potato farming and other small crops. Irrigation is only supplied to the potato farms by an underground basin of high quality water.

Sport and culture

The town's dramatic society has been running for 46 years straight. Golfers play at the Murrayville Golf Club. During Easter 2010, Murrayville celebrated its centenary. Visitors from all over Australia attended with 1300 dinner meals delivered on the Saturday night and 900 for the Sunday evening meal. Included in the attractions were a collection of antique farm machinery, a display of old cars, an animal nursery, a bucking bull and a dual carriage small motorised train.

Residents

Murrayville is the birthplace of former

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driver and six time

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winner

Larry Perkins Larry Clifton Perkins (born 18 March 1950) is a former racing driver and V8 Supercar team owner from Australia. Biography Early years Growing up on a farm in Cowangie in the Mallee region of Victoria, Larry, the son of racing driver Eddi ...

. Olympic basketballer

Rachael Sporn Rachael Pamela Sporn (born 26 May 1968, in Murrayville) is an Australian former basketball player and three time Olympian. Sporn was Development Executive for the Australian Melanoma Research Foundation but has since left the organisation. C ...

was also born in Murrayville.

References

External links

Towns in Victoria (Australia) Mallee (Victoria) {{Mallee-geo-stub