Underbool is a town in the
Mallee region of north-west
Victoria
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, Australia. The town is in the
Rural City of Mildura
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local government area and on the
Mallee Highway
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Route
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—between
Ouyen
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and the
South Australia
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n border – north west of the state capital,
Melbourne
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. The town services the grain farmers and graziers in the area. For tourists it provides access to the Pink Lakes in
Murray-Sunset National Park
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.
The town name is thought to come from the
German
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word ''underbolt'' given to it by surveyor Dr. Neumayer when he camped there in October 1861.
A post 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.
Underbool Primary School (No. 3819) opened on 5 November 1913, with a purpose-built school building opening in June 1919. A second weatherboard building was built in 1929, and the former Daalko school building moved there in 1967.
With its neighbouring township
Walpeup Underbool had a
football team (Walpeup-Underbool) in the
Mallee Football League until the league folded in 2015. The team merged with Ouyen and play two matches a season in Underbool in the
Sunraysia Football League
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. Golfers play at the course of the Underbool Golf Club on Monash Avenue.
Notable People from Underbool include Greg Brown, independent MP, Raymond 'Bear' Erhardt, John Deer Enthusiast, James Kilpatrick, professional Latin dancer, and Dallas Willsmore, AFL footballer player.;
References
External links
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Mallee (Victoria)
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