Rainbow, Victoria

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Rainbow
Victoria

Population:

650 (2006)^[1]

Postcode:

3424

Elevation:

88 m (289 ft)

Location:

400 km (249 mi) NW of Melbourne
428 km (266 mi) E of Adelaide (SA)
105 km (65 mi) N of Horsham

LGA:

Shire of Hindmarsh

State District:

Mildura, Lowan

Federal Division:

Mallee

Mean Max Temp	Mean Min Temp	Rainfall
22.6 °C ^{73 °F}	8.8 °C ^{48 °F}	355.7 mm ^{14 in}

Rainbow is a town in north west Victoria, Australia, 400 kilometres (249 mi) kilometres from Melbourne, in the Shire of Hindmarsh. The nearest large towns are Warracknabeal, Dimboola, and Nhill, to the south. At the 2006 census Rainbow had a population of 650.

1 History
2 Population
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

In 1898 the railway line was extended from Jeparit to a projected town site named Rainbow Rise, after a sand lunette covered with wild flowers in the shape of a rainbow. A Post Office opened on July 2, 1900 ^[2] and town blocks in Rainbow were sold in October 1901. By 1910 the township was referred to as the Metropolis of the Mallee.

Rainbow was part of the Dimboola Shire until 25 January 1995, when the shire was united with the Lowan Shire.

The town was the subject of an episode of the ABC television program, Enough Rope, with Andrew Denton, on 31 July 2006.