Wallace, Victoria

Wallace is a town in Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, 99 kilometres (62 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

Wallace Victoria
Wallace Hotel
Wallace
Coordinates	37°33′0″S 144°03′0″E / 37.55000°S 144.05000°E / -37.55000; 144.05000Coordinates: 37°33′0″S 144°03′0″E / 37.55000°S 144.05000°E / -37.55000; 144.05000
Population	227 (2021 census)^[1]
Postcode(s)	3352
Location	99 km (62 mi) NW of Melbourne 19 km (12 mi) E of Ballarat 18 km (11 mi) W of Ballan
LGA(s)	Shire of Moorabool
State electorate(s)	Eureka
Federal division(s)	Ballarat
Localities around Wallace: Bungaree Springbank Gordon Bungaree Wallace Gordon Bungaree Millbrook Gordon

The township was established in the 1880s. Wallace Post Office opened on 2 October 1885 and closed on 26 February 1993.^[2]

Wallace was the birthplace of Edmond Hogan, twice Victorian Premier in the 1920s.^[3]

References

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wallace, Victoria.

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wallace (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 October 2022.  
2. Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
3. Jonas, Pam. "'Hogan, Edmond John (Ned) (1883–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 July 2007.