Bullarto, Victoria

Bullarto
Victoria
Bullarto
Coordinates 37°24′0″S 144°14′0″E / 37.40000°S 144.23333°ECoordinates: 37°24′0″S 144°14′0″E / 37.40000°S 144.23333°E
Population 358 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 3461
Elevation 750 m (2,461 ft)
LGA(s) Shire of Hepburn
State electorate(s) Macedon
Federal Division(s) Ballarat

Bullarto is a town located in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bullarto had a population of 358.[1]

Bullarto is 7 km south east of Daylesford on the Trentham road and is a potato growing district.[2] The Bullarto railway station is the current terminus of the Daylesford Spa Country Railway rail motor tourist services. A post office opened there in 1874 and used barred numeral number 855 cancel (rated RRRR - 4 to 12 examples considered to exist).[3] Another post office was opened at the railway station from 1884 using numeral 1392.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Bullarto (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  2. Osborne, Murrell (1978). Timber, Spuds and Spa. Australian Railway Historical Society. ISBN 0-85849-023-4.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Freeman, Hugh H; GeoffT. White (2001). The Numeral Cancellations of Victoria. Melbourne: The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria. ISBN 0-947345-16-7.