Elaine, Victoria

Elaine, Victoria

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


caption = Elaine General Store
lga = Shire of Moorabool
postcode = 3334
pop = 677
est =
stategov = Ballarat East
fedgov = Ballarat
dist1 = 124
dir1 = W
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 35
dir2 = SE
location2= Ballarat
dist3 = 10
dir3 = N
location3= Meredith

Elaine is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Midland Highway between Ballarat and Geelong. At the 2006 census, Elaine and the surrounding area had a population of 677.Census 2001 AUS
id=SSC25555
name=Elaine (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-07-27
quick=on]

The railway came to the town with the opening of the Geelong-Ballarat line in 1862,cite web
url=http://www.railgeelong.com/lineguide/geelong
title=Rail Geelong - Geelong Line Guide
publisher=www.railgeelong.com
accessdate=2008-04-23] with the local railway station opened soon after, but today only grain and freight trains use the line.The Post Office opened on 1 March 1859 as Mount Doran and was renamed Elaine in 1872. Elaine Railway Station Post Office, some distance away, opened on 14 April 1873. In 1877 the latter office was renamed Elaine, and Elaine reverted to the earlier name of Mount Doran. 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 ]

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