Kooloonong
Kooloonong is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 147 km from Mildura and was on the Yungera railway line.
| Kooloonong Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Kooloonong | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°52′S 143°08′E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 39 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3549 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Rural City of Swan Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||||
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Kooloonong was established as a soldier settlement area for returned servicemen from World War I. By the mid-1920s, it was a thriving township with a bush nursing hospital, government offices, a school, an RSL hall, a railway station and sporting facilities. The town has declined since then and now has only one occupied house, plus the rarely-used hall, a CFA shed and unused grain handling facilities.
The railway north of Swan Hill was extended from Piangil to Kooloonong in March 1920 to support the soldier settlement farms in the area. For many years, water was carted to the location by train because there was no natural water supply. The line from Piangil was closed in December 1986. Kooloonong Post Office opened around June 1920 and closed in 1973. It had a polling place for federal elections from 1922.