Lancaster, Victoria

Lancaster, Victoria

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


caption =
lga = City of Greater Shepparton
lga2 = Shire of Campaspe
postcode = 3620
est =
pop =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Rodney
fedgov = Murray
dist1 = 216
dir1 =
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 29
dir2 =
location2= Shepparton
dist3 = 11
dir3 =
location3= Kyabram

Lancaster is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located in Shire of Campaspe and the City of Greater Shepparton.

History

The locality was named after Thomas Lancaster, an early settler in the region and the father of the state parliamentarian, Samuel Lancaster.cite web
last = Rollison
first = Kay
url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090659b.htm
title = Lancaster, Samuel (1852 - 1918)
work = Australian Dictionary of Biography
publisher = Australian National University
accessdate = 2007-05-09]

The Post Office opened on 15 November 1878 and a Kyabram East office opened on 28 November 1878. In 1881 the Lancaster office closed and Kyabram East was renamed Lancaster. This office closed in 1994.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 ]

Today

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Kyabram & District Football League.

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