Willenabrina, Victoria

Willenabrina
Town
Willenabrina
Willenabrina
Coordinates: 36°04′S142°12′E / 36.067°S 142.200°E / -36.067; 142.200
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
LGA	Shire of Yarriambiack
Location	380 km (240 mi) NW of Melbourne 76 km (47 mi) N of Horsham 31 km (19 mi) NW of Warracknabeal 27 km (17 mi) E of Jeparit
Government
•  State electorate	Lowan
•  Federal division	Mallee
Population
• Total	9 (2016 census) [1]
Postcode	3393

Willenabrina is a locality located midway between the towns of Warracknabeal and Rainbow in the Wimmera region of northwest Victoria, Australia. The population at the 2016 census was 9. ^[1]

History

Originally gazetted as a railway township in the late 1880s (the Post Office opened on June 14, 1889 (closed in 1942), ^[2] Willenabrina failed to develop when the railway line route beyond Warracknabeal was redirected. A few small shops, a school, a community hall, and a couple of churches, existed around the time of the First World War, along with a sports oval and tennis courts, however none of these facilities remain today.

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Willenabrina (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
2. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List , retrieved 1 February 2021