Wallace, Victoria
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.
| Wallace Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Wallace Hotel | |||||||||||||||
  Wallace | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°33′0″S 144°03′0″E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 227 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3352 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Moorabool | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Eureka | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
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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
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- Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wallace (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- Jonas, Pam. "'Hogan, Edmond John (Ned) (1883–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
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