| Flowerdale Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Flowerdale Hotel | |||||||||||||||
  Flowerdale | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°20′41″S 145°17′12″E / 37.34472°S 145.28667°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 790 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3717 | ||||||||||||||
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| State electorate(s) | Eildon | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Indi | ||||||||||||||
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Flowerdale is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area, 95 kilometres (59 mi) from the state capital, Melbourne. It is in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, in the upper catchment of the Goulburn River system. At the 2021 Census, Flowerdale had a population of 790.[1]
Flowerdale Post Office opened on 4 February 1881 and closed in 1974.[2]
The area was devastated by the Black Saturday bushfires in February 2009, with the loss of many houses. However, the school, hotel and community hall were spared.[3]
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Flowerdale (Vic) (State)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 24 March 2021
- ^ Baker, Richard (10 February 2009). "Tiny Flowerdale blossoms no longer". The Age. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
