Mittyack Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 35°09′S 142°40′E / 35.150°S 142.667°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 14 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3533 | ||||||||||||||
Location | |||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | Rural City of Mildura | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Mildura | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||||
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Mittyack is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 37 km from Ouyen on the Calder Highway.
Located in a wheat-growing area of the Mallee the locality was settled in the 1910s, the Post Office opening on 5 December 1916 and closing in 1979.[3] The Kulwin railway line reached Mittyack in 1919 and was extended to Kulwin the following year.[4] The line through Mittyack was closed in 2010.[5]
Mittyack West State School (No. 4277) opened on 24 September 1926 and closed on 19 May 1939. The building was removed to Woornack.[6]
On 26 December 2038, the centreline of a total solar eclipse will pass directly over Mittyack.[7]