Torrita, Victoria

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


caption =
lga = Rural City of Mildura
postcode = 3490
coordinates = coord|35|8|7|S|141|54|21|E |scale:100000_region:AU-VIC |display=title,inline
pop = 28 (within 7 km radius)
est =
elevation= 75
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Mildura
fedgov = Mallee
dist1 = 481
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 138
location2= Swan Hill
dist3 = 13
location3= Underbool
dist4 = 8
location4= Walpeup [ [http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] ]

Torrita is a locality situated on the section of the Mallee Highway between Ouyen and the South Australian border in the Sunraysia region. The place by road, is situated about 13 kilometres east from Underbool and 8 kilometres west from Walpeup. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 28 people. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/AS/7/Torrita.html www.fallingrain.com Torrita] ]

A Post Office opened on July 15, 1912 when a regular mail service was provided by the opening of the railway from Ouyen to Murrayville a month earlier, but was known as Nyang until 1921 and closed in 1984.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 name Nyang is preserved in the Nyang Flora Reserve to the south of the highway.

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