Yarroweyah ( ) is a town in northern

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. The town is located in the

Shire of Moira Moira Shire Council is a Local Government Area in the Northern Victoria Region of Victoria, Australia. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of . As at August 2021 the population was 30,522. It includes the towns of C ...

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, north of the state capital,

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and west of

Cobram Cobram is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the administrative cen ...

. The town is situated near the intersection of Kenny Road, Kokoda Road and the

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. At the , Yarroweyah and the surrounding area had a population of 551.

History

Yarroweyah Post Office opened on 1 January 1882. In 1888 it was renamed Yarroweyah South when a new Yarroweyah post office opened to the north. This latter office closed in 1976. After

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, an extensive

soldier settlement Soldier settlement was the settlement of land throughout parts of Australia by returning discharged soldiers under soldier settlement schemes administered by state governments after World War I and World War II. The post-World War II settlement ...

area was established to the south of Yarroweyah. The north–south roads built in the area were named after theatres of war, and the east–west roads after generals etc. (e.g. Tobruk, Labuan, Macarthur). For over a century, area residents drilled individual wells to supply their water needs. In 2003 it was proposed to create a municipal distribution system; the residents approved the proposal, and work began. Based on a Cobram to Strathmerton pipeline, the system began providing culinary water in 2005. The Yarroweyah Football Netball Club, nicknamed "The Hoppers", competed in the Picola & District Football Netball League, and were based in the town until folding at the end of 2024 due to lack of players..

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{{authority control Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of Moira Australian soldier settlements 1882 establishments in Australia