Tarilta
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Tarilta is a locality in the Shire of Hepburn and the Shire of Mount Alexander, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Tarilta had a population of 26.[2]
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| Coordinates: 37°10′39″S 144°11′28″E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 26 (2021 census)[2] |
| Postcode | 3451[3] |
History
Tarilta, originally known as Kangaroo Flat, emerged following the discovery of gold near the junction of Kangaroo Creek and the Loddon River in 1853.[4] A school was established in 1860 within a Wesleyan chapel, and the township was officially surveyed and named Tarilta in 1864, a name believed to derive from a Djadjawurrung word meaning "kangaroo."[4] By 1865, Bailliere’s Victorian Gazetteer described Tarilta as a gold-mining town featuring both alluvial and quartz operations, with three quartz-crushing mills, three horse-puddling machines, and two hotels. Tarilta’s elevated location was accessible only by horse-drawn dray or horseback, including via the Cobb and Co mail service.[4]
