| Yelta Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Yelta | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°07′S 141°59′E / 34.117°S 141.983°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 325 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3505 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Rural City of Mildura | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mildura | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||||
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Yelta is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It was for a short time in the 1870s and 1880s the Victorian administrative centre of what is now Sunraysia and the Millewa. This role was then taken over by Mildura. At the 2011 census, Yelta and the surrounding area had a population of 281.[2]
It is notable for containing the terminus of the Melbourne-Mildura railway line.[3]
- ^ "Yelta (Vic.) – 2021 Census All persons QuickStats". Retrieved 23 September 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "2011 Community Profiles: Yelta (State Suburb)". 2011 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Yelta".
