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Town in Victoria, Australia
Wallace
Victoria
Wallace Hotel
Wallace is located in Shire of MooraboolWallaceWallace
Coordinates37°33′0″S 144°03′0″E / 37.55000°S 144.05000°E / -37.55000; 144.05000
Population227 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)3352
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Moorabool
State electorate(s)Eureka
Federal division(s)Ballarat
Localities around Wallace:
Bungaree Springbank Gordon
Bungaree Wallace Gordon
Bungaree Millbrook Gordon

Wallace is a town in Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, 99 kilometres (62 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

The township was established in the 1880s. Wallace Post Office opened on 2 October 1885 and closed on 26 February 1993.

Wallace was the birthplace of Edmond Hogan, twice Victorian Premier in the 1920s.

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wallace (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 October 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. Jonas, Pam. "'Hogan, Edmond John (Ned) (1883–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 July 2007.


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