Willenabrina, Victoria

Willenabrina is a locality located midway between the towns of Warracknabeal and Rainbow in the Wimmera region of northwest Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2016 census was 9.[1]

Willenabrina
Victoria
Willenabrina
Willenabrina is located in Shire of Yarriambiack
Willenabrina
Willenabrina
Coordinates36°04′S 142°12′E
Population9 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3393
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Yarriambiack
State electorate(s)Lowan
Federal division(s)Mallee

History

Originally gazetted as a railway township in the late 1880s (the Post Office opened on June 14, 1889 (closed in 1942),[2] Willenabrina failed to develop when the railway line route beyond Warracknabeal was redirected. A few small shops, a school, a community hall, and a couple of churches, existed around the time of the First World War, along with a sports oval and tennis courts, however none of these facilities remain today.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Willenabrina (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  2. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 1 February 2021


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