Willenabrina, Victoria
- 380 km (236 mi) NW of Melbourne
- 76 km (47 mi) N of Horsham
- 31 km (19 mi) NW of Warracknabeal
- 27 km (17 mi) E of Jeparit
Willenabrina is a locality located midway between the towns of Warracknabeal and Rainbow in the Wimmera region of northwest Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2016 census was 9.[1]
History
Originally gazetted as a railway township in the late 1880s (the Post Office opened on June 14, 1889 (closed in 1942),[2] Willenabrina failed to develop when the railway line route beyond Warracknabeal was redirected. A few small shops, a school, a community hall, and a couple of churches, existed around the time of the First World War, along with a sports oval and tennis courts, however none of these facilities remain today.
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Willenabrina (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 1 February 2021
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