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Mittyack is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 37 km from Ouyen on the Calder Highway.

Mittyack
Victoria
Mittyack
Coordinates35°09′S 142°40′E
Population14 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3533
Location
  • 404 km (251 mi) from Melbourne
  • 141 km (88 mi) from Mildura
  • 37 km (23 mi) from Ouyen
  • 264 km (164 mi) from Bendigo[2]
LGA(s)Rural City of Mildura
State electorate(s)Mildura
Federal division(s)Mallee
Localities around Mittyack:
Ouyen Kulwin Manangatang
Ouyen Mittyack Gerahmin
Tempy Pier Milan Pier Milan

Located in a wheat-growing area of the Mallee the locality was settled in the 1910s, the Post Office opening on 5 December 1916 and closing in 1979.[3] The Kulwin railway line reached Mittyack in 1919 and was extended to Kulwin the following year.[4] The line through Mittyack was closed in 2010.[5]

Mittyack West State School (No. 4277) opened on 24 September 1926 and closed on 19 May 1939. The building was removed to Woornack.[6]

On 26 December 2038, the centreline of a total solar eclipse will pass directly over Mittyack.[7]


References


  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mittyack (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  2. Travelmate
  3. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 16 February 2021
  4. Sid Brown (March 1990). "Tracks Across the State". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division). pp. 71–76.
  5. "Kulwin Line". 29 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  6. What Happened To All The Schools?. Local History Resource Centre. 1989. p. 33.
  7. "NASA - Total Solar Eclipse of 2038 Dec 26". eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 7 August 2016.



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