Reedy Dam, Victoria

Reedy Dam
Reedy Dam; Victoria
	Reedy Dam
Coordinates	35°57′53″S142°38′34″E / 35.96472°S 142.64278°E Coordinates: 35°57′53″S142°38′34″E / 35.96472°S 142.64278°E
Postcode(s)	3395
Location	291 km (181 mi) NW of Melbourne ; 108 km (67 mi) SW of Swan Hill ; 24 km (15 mi) W of Beulah ;
LGA(s)	Shire of Buloke
State electorate(s)	Mildura
Federal Division(s)	Mallee
	Localities around Reedy Dam:

Last updated October 03, 2019

Reedy Dam is a town in the Mallee and Mount Jeffcot wards in the Shire of Buloke, Victoria, Australia.^[1] There is a rural CFA station in Reedy Dam.^[2] The post office there opened in 1902 and was closed on 31 July 1929. There is a population of approximately 20 people in Reedy Dam (2017).^[3]

The Shire of Buloke is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 8,004 square kilometres (3,090 sq mi) and, at the 2011 Census, had a population of 6,384. It includes the towns of Birchip, Charlton, Donald, Sea Lake and Wycheproof. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Wycheproof, Shire of Birchip, Shire of Charlton, Shire of Donald, and parts of the Shire of Kara Kara.

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Country Fire Authority (CFA) is a fire service in Victoria, Australia, with other fire services being Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) and the Metropolitan Fire Brigade (MFB). The CFA provides firefighting and emergency services to rural areas and regional towns in Victoria, and to portions of the outer suburban areas of Melbourne not covered by the MFB. Australian emergency services, including CFA, can be summoned to assist by dialling the primary emergency service telephone number, 000. Mobile phones also allow a default emergency number, 112, to be dialled.

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References

↑ "VEC Locality Finder" (PDF). Retrieved 2 April 2012.
↑ "Map of CFA stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List , retrieved 11 April 2008

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[1] "VEC Locality Finder" (PDF). Retrieved 2 April 2012.

[2] "Map of CFA stations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.

[a-3] Premier Postal History, Post Office List , retrieved 11 April 2008