Eskdale, Victoria

Eskdale, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place| type = town
name = Eskdale
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Towong
postcode = 3701
est =
pop = 436
pop_footnotes=
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Benambra
fedgov = Indi
dist1 = 382
dir1 = NE
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 60
dir2 = SE
location2= Wodonga
dist3 = 39
dir3 = SE
location3= Tallangatta

Eskdale is a small town near the major regional centre of Albury-Wodonga, in Victoria's north. It is situated in the Mitta Valley, near the river's confluence with the Little Snowy Creek, amongst the foothills of Mount Bogong. At the 2006 census, Eskdale and the surrounding area had a population of 436.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC25579
name=Eskdale (State Suburb)
accessdate=2008-07-14
quick=on]

History

The Post Office opened on 1 July 1885. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

The Town today

The town has a cafe, post office, church, primary school, bowling green and a recently built sports complex.The town in conjunction with neighbouring township Mitta Mitta has an Australian Rules football team Mitta United competing in the Tallangatta & District Football League.

References

External links

*http://www.towong.vic.gov.au/Page/page.asp?Page_Id=110&h=0
*http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/projects/NEIPS/eskdale.asp


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