Yarck, Victoria

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Yarck Victoria
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Yarck
Coordinates	37°05′23″S 145°36′40″E / 37.08972°S 145.61111°E / -37.08972; 145.61111Coordinates: 37°05′23″S 145°36′40″E / 37.08972°S 145.61111°E / -37.08972; 145.61111
Population	223 (2006)^[1]
Postcode(s)	3719
Location	166 km (103 mi) NE of Melbourne 55 km (34 mi) W of Mansfield 14 km (9 mi) NW of Alexandra
LGA(s)	Shire of Murrindindi
State electorate(s)	Benalla
Federal Division(s)	McEwen

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Yarck is a town in the upper Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Murrindindi and on the Maroondah Highway, 166 kilometres (103 mi) north east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Yarck and the surrounding area had a population of 223.^[1]

Yarck Post Office opened around February 1877.^[2] The railway arrived in 1890 and the station was closed in 1978.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Yarck (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 2008-04-11

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