Linga is a locality situated on the section of the

Mallee Highway Mallee Highway is a highway connecting Tailem Bend, South Australia, Tailem Bend in south-eastern South Australia and Piangil, Victoria, Piangil in north-western Victoria, Australia, Victoria, running mostly across the Murray Mallee, Mallee plai ...

and Pinnaroo railway line between

Ouyen Ouyen is a town in Victoria, Australia, located in the Rural City of Mildura at the junction of the Calder Highway and Mallee Highway, south of Mildura, and northwest of Melbourne. At the 2016 census, the town had a population of 1,045. Hi ...

and the

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

n border in the

Sunraysia Sunraysia is a region located in northwestern Victoria and southwestern New South Wales in Australia. The region is renowned for its sunshine, intensive horticulture including grapes and oranges. Its main centre is Mildura, Victoria. The are ...

region. It is situated about 8 kilometres east from Boinka and 11 kilometres west from Underbool. The name Linga is believed to be an invented derivative from the traditional Aboriginal name ''Lar-gni'' which meant ''camp of ...'' because as a place to camp it was ''a place to linger''. The Post Office (as a receiving office) opened on 15 July 1912 when a regular mail service was provided by the opening of the railway from Ouyen to Murrayville a month earlier. It was called Manpy until 1913 and closed in 1975. Linga State School (No. 3798) opened on 31 March 1913 in the local hall, with a permanent building erected in 1916. The school closed on 17 December 1970. The building was subsequently sold and relocated to Ouyen. Linga South State School (No. 4460) opened on 30 January 1930 and closed in 1949.

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