Castella, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Castella is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It lies to the east of Kinglake at the intersection of the Melba Highway and the Healesville Kinglake Road.[3]
Castella | |||||||||||||
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  Castella Location in Shire of Murrindindi | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 37°31′29″S 145°26′00″E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 257 (2021 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3777[1] | ||||||||||||
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The Castella Quarries produces sandstone and crushed rock.[4] One of the quarries was used to dump the drillings from a tunnel under the Toolangi State Forest.[5] This tunnel is part of the Sugarloaf Pipeline, carrying freshwater to Melbourne from the Goulburn River.
