Pirron Yallock is a town in western
Victoria, Australia. It is located on the
Princes Highway
Princes Highway is a major road in Australia, extending from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide through the states of New South Wales, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and South Australia. It has a length of (along Highway 1) or via the former ...
(route A1), where
route C163 branches off towards
Timboon
Timboon is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Corangamite local government area, and is approximately south-west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2001 census, Timboon had a population ...
and
Nullawarre. Pirron Yallock is on the banks of Pirron Yallock Creek, which flows into
Lake Corangamite.
Pirron Yallock state school celebrated its centenary in 1974.
Pirron Yallock was served by the
Pirron Yallock railway station on the
Warrnambool railway line, until the station was closed in 1981.
Pirron Yallock Post Office opened on 12 July 1872, was renamed Pirron Yaloak on 21 June 1965, and closed on 31 October 1973.
The Pirron Yallock racecourse was the first place in Victoria to legally operate a
totalizator
A tote board (or totalisator/totalizator) is a numeric or alphanumeric display used to convey information, typically at a race track (to display the odds or payoffs for each horse) or at a telethon (to display the total amount donated to the chari ...
, at the race meeting on 2 May 1931.
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Towns in Victoria (state)
Western District (Victoria)
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