Eddington is a locality in the

Shire of Loddon The Shire of Loddon is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the northern part of the state. It covers an area of and in 2021 had a population of 7,759. It includes ...

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. It is approximately north-west from

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. Eddington is located on the

Loddon River The Loddon River, an inland river of the northcentral catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower Riverina bioregion and Central Highlands and Loddon Mallee regions of the Australian state of Victoria. The headwaters ...

. At the , Eddington had a population of 113. There is a bridge over the Loddon at Eddington, built during 1928-30 to replace a 19th-century bridge that tended to be swept away by seasonal floods. During the second half of the 19th century, the town had various facilities, including a brewery, cheese factory, butter factory, several hotels, a racecourse, and churches. Today there is an active Golf Club, a Community Centre and live steam model engineering society. There are two former hotels, a former general store, former police station and lockup, former primary school and former garage. The Loddon River at Eddington is the upper reach of Laanecoorie Weir. A cafe operating limited hours also operates out of the old service station premises on the main road.

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External links

Danns Bridge
from the Victorian Heritage Database
Eddington. Victoria. Australia website
from the friends of Eddington {{authority control Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of Loddon