Yelta, Victoria

Yelta, Victoria

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


caption = Entry sign
lga = Rural City of Mildura
postcode = 3505
est =
pop = 390
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Mildura
fedgov = Mallee
dist1 = 563
dir1 = NW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 24
dir2 = W
location2= Mildura
dist3 = 9
dir3 = NW
location3= Merbein
dist4 = 3
dir4 = S
location4= Curlwaa (NSW)

Yelta is a small locality in Victoria, Australia. It was for a short time in the 1870s and 1880s the Victorian administrative centre of what is now Sunraysia and the Millewa. This role was then taken over by Mildura. At the 2006 census, Yelta and the surrounding area had a population of 390.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC27105
name=Yelta (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-08-17
quick=on]

It is presently notable for containing the terminus of the Melbourne-Mildura railway line, an Elders stockyard and half of the Abbotsford Bridge.

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