Watchupga, Victoria

Watchupga
Victoria
Watchupga is located in Shire of Buloke
Watchupga
Watchupga
Coordinates35°45′28″S 142°43′33″E / 35.75778°S 142.72583°E / -35.75778; 142.72583
Population43 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)3485
LGA(s)Shire of Buloke
State electorate(s)Mildura
Federal division(s)Mallee
Localities around Watchupga:
Woomelang Woomelang Willangie
Hopetoun Watchupga Willangie
Beulah Curyo Marlbed

Watchupga is a locality in Northern Victoria, Australia. The local government area of Watchupga is the Shire of Buloke.[2] Watchupga has a grain station on the Mildura railway line with a grain silo on the site which is 84 metres tall.[3][4] However, the station was closed to passenger and parcels traffic on 11 November 1975.[5] Watchupga Post Office opened on 23 July 1900 and was closed on 29 February 1972.[6]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Watchupga (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Map of the Shire of Buloke" (PDF). Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Victorian Railway Map" (PDF). Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Watchupga grain station information". Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Traffic". Newsrail. Australian Railway Historical Society. January 1976. p. 9.
  6. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008