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Lowesdale is a town community in Australia in the central south part of the Riverina and situated about 2 kilometres north of Buraja and 92 kilometres east of Berrigan on the Riverina Highway. At the 2006 census, Lowesdale had a population of 220.[1]

Lowesdale
New South Wales
Lowesdale Public School
Lowesdale
Coordinates35°51′0″S 146°22′0″E
Population220 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s)2646
Elevation132 m (433 ft)
Location
LGA(s)Federation Council
CountyHume
State electorate(s)Albury
Federal division(s)Farrer

Lowesdale Post Office opened on 1 August 1876 and closed in 1994.[2]


Sport and recreation


In 1915, the small community of Lowesdale entered two football teams in the Coreen & District Football Association, Lowesdale FC and the Lowesdale Military FC[3] who went onto win the 1915 premiership.[4] Both teams went into recess in 1916 due to WW1 and neither team was ever re-established.

A rest area on the Riverina Highway, near Lowesdale
A rest area on the Riverina Highway, near Lowesdale

Notes and references


  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lowesdale (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009
  3. "1915 - Lowesdale". The Corowa Free Press (NSW. 25 May 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. "1915 - Coreen Football Association". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 31 August 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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