Peechelba, Victoria

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

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caption = The Peechelba Memorial Hall, several kilometres north of the township.
lga = Rural City of Wangaratta
postcode = 3678
est =
pop = 116
pop_footnotes=
elevation=
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maxtemp =
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stategov = Murray Valley
fedgov = Indi
dist1 = 277
dir1 = NE
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 27
dir2 = NW
location2= Wangaratta
dist3 = 38
dir3 = SE
location3= Yarrawonga

Peechelba is a small town in north eastern Victoria , Australia. The town is located in the Rural City of Wangaratta Local Government Area between Wangaratta and Yarrawonga and convert|277|km|mi|0|lk=on north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Peechelba and the surrounding area had a population of 116.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC26425
name=Peechelba East (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-11-09
quick=on]

The town is home to a nature reserve and is not far from the Ovens River.

History

Peechelba Post Office opened on 2 September 1880 to the north of the township now, and was renamed Bundalong South in 1883 when a new Peechelba office opened. This closed in 1889. In 1890 Peechelba Town office opened, closing in 1969.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 ]

Mad Dog Morgan

The bushranger Daniel Morgan (Mad Dog Morgan) was shot from behind by John Wendlan at Peechelba station. Morgan died at about 1.45 p.m. on 9 April 1865. Locks were cut from his hair, his body was publicly displayed at Wangaratta, his beard was flayed from his face as a souvenir and his head severed, to be forwarded to the professor of anatomy at the University of Melbourne. He was buried on 14 April in Wangaratta cemetery.

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