Tourello
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Tourello is a locality in western Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Tourello and the surrounding area had a population of 46.[1]
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| Coordinates: 37.3534°S 143.7766°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 46 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3352 | ||||||||||||
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It was the location of the Sheepwash (later Tourello) school, conducted by Henry Judkins in the late 19th-century.[2]
In November 1874, when the railway from Ballarat to Clunes was opened, a railway station was established at Tourello. The station was closed in 1956.[3][4]
A post office was opened at Tourello in 1868 and was later moved to the railway station. A post office was re-established in Tourello in 1887 but was closed in 1895. The railway station post office was closed in 1950.[5]
