Lowesdale, New South Wales

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Lowesdale
New South Wales
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Lowesdale Public School
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Lowesdale
Coordinates 35°51′0″S146°22′0″E / 35.85000°S 146.36667°E / -35.85000; 146.36667
Population100 (2021 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 2646
Elevation132 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 2021 census, Lowesdale had a population of 100. [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 LowesdaleRestArea.JPG
A rest area on the Riverina Highway, near Lowesdale

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lowesdale (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. Premier Postal History, Post Office List , retrieved 11 June 2009
  3. "1915 - Lowesdale". The Corowa Free Press (NSW. 25 May 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. "1915 - Coreen Football Association". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 31 August 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.

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