Panitya is a locality situated 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 of Victoria, Australia. The place by road, is situated about 23 kilometres east from
Pinnaroo and 10 kilometres west from
Carina
Carina may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Carina, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane
* Carina Heights, Queensland, a suburb in Brisbane
* Carina, Victoria, a locality in Mildura
Serbia
* Carina, Osečina, a village in the Kolubara District
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on 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 ...
.
Panitya is a railway station on the
Ouyen to Pinnaroo line.
The Post Office opened in 1910 and was closed in 1975.
The area of the locality contains a number of smaller areas, namely Panitya East which had a post office open from 1916 until 1933,
Berrook which had a post office open from 1929 until 1935,
Manya with a post office from 1928 until 1936,
Sunset
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with a post office from 1921 until 1948 and, below the Mallee Highway,
Ngallo.
Notes and references
Towns in Victoria (state)
Mallee (Victoria)
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