Wallace, Victoria

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


caption = Wallace Hotel
lga = Shire of Moorabool
postcode = 3352
est =
pop = 343 (2006 Census)
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Ballarat East
fedgov = Ballarat
dist1 = 99
dir1 = NW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 19
dir2 = E
location2= Ballarat
dist3 = 18
dir3 = W
location3= Ballan

Wallace is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool Local Government Area, convert|99|km|mi|0|lk=on north west of the state capital, Melbourne.

The township was established in the 1880s, the Post Office opening on February 22, 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 ]

Wallace was the birthplace of Edmond Hogan, twice Victorian Premier in the 1920s.cite web
last = Jonas
first = Pam
url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090330b.htm
title = 'Hogan, Edmond John (Ned) (1883 - 1964)
work = Australian Dictionary of Biography
publisher = Australian National University
accessdate = 2007-07-21]

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