Piangil
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| Piangil Victoria | |||||||||||||
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 Murray St (Mallee Highway), the main street of Piangil | |||||||||||||
  Piangil | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°03′0″S 143°18′0″E / 35.05000°S 143.30000°ECoordinates: 35°03′0″S 143°18′0″E / 35.05000°S 143.30000°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 654 (2006)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3597 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Rural City of Swan Hill | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Swan Hill | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||
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Piangil is a town in the Mallee region of northern Victoria Australia. It is approximately 382 kilometres (237 mi) north west of the state capital, Melbourne and 46 kilometres (29 mi) north west of the regional centre of Swan Hill. At the 2006 census, Piangil and the surrounding rural area had a population of 654.[1]
Piangil Post Office opened on 17 June 1907 and was renamed Piangil North in 1918 when Piangil was relocated adjacent to the railway station. A new Piangil Post Office opened in 1921 and closed in 1993.[2]
Gallery
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General store
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Grain storage
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Primary school
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Post office
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Former bowls club
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Piangil (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-08-05.
- ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11
External links
Media related to Piangil, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons
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