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Watchupga
Town
Watchupga is located in Shire of Buloke
Watchupga
Watchupga
Coordinates: 35°45′28″S 142°43′33″E / 35.75778°S 142.72583°E / -35.75778; 142.72583
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total43 (SAL 2021)[2]
Postcode
3485
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.[3] Watchupga has a grain station on the Mildura railway line with a grain silo on the site which is 84 metres tall.[4][5] However, the station was closed to passenger and parcels traffic on 11 November 1975.[6] Watchupga Post Office opened on 23 July 1900 and was closed on 29 February 1972.[7]

References

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