Wallace, Victoria

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Wallace
Victoria
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Wallace Hotel
Wallace is located in Shire of Moorabool
Wallace
Wallace
Coordinates37°33′0″S 144°03′0″E / 37.55000°S 144.05000°E / -37.55000; 144.05000Coordinates: 37°33′0″S 144°03′0″E / 37.55000°S 144.05000°E / -37.55000; 144.05000
Population187 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3352
Location
  • 99 km (62 mi) NW of Melbourne
  • 19 km (12 mi) E of Ballarat
  • 18 km (11 mi) W of Ballan
LGA(s)Shire of Moorabool
State electorate(s)Buninyong
Federal division(s)Ballarat
Localities around Wallace:
Bungaree Springbank Gordon
Bungaree Wallace Gordon
Bungaree Millbrook Gordon

Wallace is a town in Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, 99 kilometres (62 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

The township was established in the 1880s. Wallace Post Office opened on 2 October 1885 and closed on 26 February 1993.[2]

Wallace was the birthplace of Edmond Hogan, twice Victorian Premier in the 1920s.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Wallace (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 January 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ Jonas, Pam. "'Hogan, Edmond John (Ned) (1883–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 July 2007.


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