Wallace, Victoria

Wallace
Victoria

Wallace Hotel
Wallace
Coordinates 37°33′0″S 144°03′0″E / 37.55000°S 144.05000°ECoordinates: 37°33′0″S 144°03′0″E / 37.55000°S 144.05000°E
Postcode(s) 3352
Location
  • 99 km (62 mi) NW of Melbourne
  • 19 km (12 mi) E of Ballarat
  • 18 km (11 mi) W of Ballan
LGA(s) Shire of Moorabool
State electorate(s) Buninyong
Federal Division(s) Ballarat
Localities around Wallace:
Bungaree Springbank Gordon
Bungaree Wallace Gordon
Bungaree Millbrook Gordon

Wallace is a town in Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, 99 kilometres (62 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

The township was established in the 1880s. Wallace Post Office opened on 2 October 1885 and closed on 26 February 1993.[1]

Wallace was the birthplace of Edmond Hogan, twice Victorian Premier in the 1920s.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 11 April 2008.
  2. ↑ Jonas, Pam. "'Hogan, Edmond John (Ned) (1883 - 1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 July 2007.