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 | |
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Coordinates | 35°51′0″S 146°22′0″E |
Population | 220 (2006 census)[1] |
Postcode(s) | 2646 |
Elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
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LGA(s) | Federation Council |
County | Hume |
State electorate(s) | Albury |
Federal division(s) | Farrer |
Lowesdale Post Office opened on 1 August 1876 and closed in 1994.[2]
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.
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