Yarck, Victoria

Yarck
Victoria

General store
Yarck
Coordinates 37°05′23″S 145°36′40″E / 37.08972°S 145.61111°E / -37.08972; 145.61111Coordinates: 37°05′23″S 145°36′40″E / 37.08972°S 145.61111°E / -37.08972; 145.61111
Population 548 (2011 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 3719
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Murrindindi
State electorate(s) Eildon
Federal Division(s) Indi
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Yarck is a town in the upper Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Murrindindi and on the Maroondah Highway, 166 kilometres (103 mi) north east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2011 census, Yarck and the surrounding area had a population of 548.[1]

Yarck Post Office opened around February 1877.[2] The railway arrived in 1890 and the station was closed in 1978.

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Yarck (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11

www.visityarck.com.au


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