Lowesdale, New South Wales
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Lowesdale New South Wales | |
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Lowesdale Public School | |
Coordinates | 35°51′0″S 146°22′0″E / 35.85000°S 146.36667°ECoordinates: 35°51′0″S 146°22′0″E / 35.85000°S 146.36667°E |
Population | 220 (2006 census)[1] |
Postcode(s) | 2646 |
Elevation | 132 m (433 ft) |
Location | |
LGA(s) | Federation Council |
County | Hume |
State electorate(s) | Albury |
Federal division(s) | Farrer |
Lowesdale is a town community in Australia in the central south part of the Riverina and situated about 2 kilometres north of Buraja and 92 kilometres east of Berrigan on the Riverina Highway. At the 2006 census, Lowesdale had a population of 220.[1]
Lowesdale Post Office opened on 1 August 1876 and closed in 1994.[2]
Sport and recreation
In 1915, the small community of Lowesdale entered two football teams in the Coreen & District Football Association, Lowesdale FC and the Lowesdale Military FC[3] who went onto win the 1915 premiership.[4] Both teams went into recess in 1916 due to WW1 and neither team was ever re-established.
A rest area on the Riverina Highway, near Lowesdale
Notes and references
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lowesdale (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 26 October 2009.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009
- ^ "1915 - Lowesdale". The Corowa Free Press (NSW. 25 May 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ "1915 - Coreen Football Association". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 31 August 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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