Tallygaroopna () is a town in the

Goulburn Valley The Goulburn Valley is a sub-region, part of the Hume region of the Australian state of Victoria. The sub-region consists of those areas in the catchment of the Goulburn River and other nearby streams, and is part of the Murray-Darling Basin. ...

region of

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. The town is on the

Goulburn Valley Highway Goulburn Valley Highway is a highway located in Victoria, Australia, linking Tocumwal on the Murray River through North Central Victoria to Eildon. The section north of the Hume Freeway (part of which is Goulburn Valley Freeway) is part of the ...

in the

City of Greater Shepparton The City of Greater Shepparton is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and, in A ...

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, north of the state capital,

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. At the , Tallygaroopna had a population of 600.

History

The large Tallygaroopna

station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

was established in the 1840s by Edward Khull and two years later was sold to Sherbourne Sheppard, who later lent his name to the nearby city of

Shepparton Shepparton () (Yorta Yorta language, Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River (Victoria), Goulburn River in northern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Mel ...

. The station was broken up for closer settlement in the 1870s, the Post Office opening on 7 December 1875. The Tallygaroopna Railway Station Post Office opened on 17 October 1881, and was later renamed as Tallygaroopna and Tallygaroopna renamed as Tallygaroopna West. The local railway station was opened on the Goulburn Valley railway in 1881, but does not see any passenger or freight services. Tallygaroopna Primary School is located on Victoria Street. The local kindergarten is located opposite the school.

Tallygaroopna Football Club Tallygaroopna Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Kyabram & District Football League. The club was established in 1904 and initially competed in the Southern Division of the Goulburn Valley Football ...

, known as the Redlegs, play in the

Kyabram & District Football League The Kyabram District Football Netball League (KDL) is a minor Australian rules football league in Victoria (Australia), Victoria made up of 15 teams. The KDL is made up of smaller country town football clubs in the Goulburn Valley. The majori ...

. The town is also home to a bowling green and golf course. In April 2012, the town's only pub, the Victoria Hotel, burnt to the ground. Tallygaroopna has a history with flooding with some happening in 1919, 1939, 1956, 1974, 1993, and the most recent in 2012

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File:Tallygaroopna Soldiers Memorial Hall 002.JPG, Soldiers Memorial Hall File:Tallygaroopna Victoria Hotel 002.JPG, Victoria Hotel, now destroyed File:Tallygaroopna Butcher Shop 002.JPG, Butcher shop

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Towns in Victoria (state) City of Greater Shepparton {{Hume-geo-stub

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