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Suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Toolleen Bendigo, Victoria
Toolleen Hotel
Toolleen

Coordinates	36°43′16″S 144°41′00″E / 36.72111°S 144.68333°E / -36.72111; 144.68333
Population	182 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	3551
Location	142 km (88 mi) N of Melbourne 39 km (24 mi) E of Bendigo 24 km (15 mi) N of Heathcote
LGA(s)	Shire of Campaspe City of Greater Bendigo
State electorate(s)	Euroa
Federal division(s)	Bendigo Nicholls

Toolleen is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Northern Highway and is in the Shire of Campaspe and the City of Greater Bendigo local government areas, 142 kilometres (88 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Toolleen and the surrounding area had a population of 182.

History

Toolleen is derived from an Aboriginal word 'toolaam' meaning 'tongue'. During the Victorian Gold Rush and after the discovery of gold at nearby Rushworth, Toolleen was a busy intersection where the roads linking Bendigo, Beechworth, Melbourne and the Murray River port of Echuca crossed.

Toolleen Post Office opened on 12 July 1872.

The town is now mainly an agricultural region, with wine grape growing becoming more popular.

References

^ "2016 Census QuickStats Toolleen". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
Blake, Leslie James (1977). Place names of Victoria. Adelaide: Rigby. ISBN 978-0-7270-0250-1.
^ "Toolleen". Shire of Campaspe. 17 February 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 21 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Toolleen, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Localities in the Shire of Campaspe
Town	Colbinabbin Corop Echuca Girgarre Gunbower Kyabram^ Lockington Mitiamo^ Nanneella Rochester Rushworth Stanhope Tongala Toolleen^ Torrumbarry
Locality	Bamawm Bamawm Extension Ballendella Bonn Burnewang Burramboot Carag Carag Cornella Creek View Diggora Echuca Village Echuca West Fairy Dell Gobarup Kanyapella Kotta Koyuga Kyvalley Lancaster^ Milloo^ Moora Muskerry Myola Patho Pine Grove Redcastle^ Roslynmead Runnymede Strathallan Tennyson Terrick Terrick East Timmering Wanalta Waranga Shores Whroo^ Wharparilla Wyuna^ Wyuna East Yambuna
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Suburbs and localities in the City of Greater Bendigo
Suburbs	Ascot Bendigo Big Hill California Gully Eaglehawk East Bendigo Epsom Flora Hill Golden Gully Golden Square Huntly Ironbark Jackass Flat Junortoun Kangaroo Flat Kennington Long Gully Maiden Gully North Bendigo Quarry Hill Sailors Gully Spring Gully Strathdale Strathfieldsaye West Bendigo White Hills
Outlying towns	Axedale Elmore Goornong Heathcote Lockwood Lockwood South^ Marong^ Raywood^ Redesdale^ Sebastian^ Toolleen^
Localities	Argyle Avonmore Axe Creek Bagshot Bagshot North Barnadown Costerfield Derrinal Drummartin Eaglehawk North Emu Creek Eppalock Fosterville Harcourt North^ Hunter Huntly North Kamarooka^ Kimbolton Knowsley Ladys Pass Leichardt^ Longlea Mandurang Mandurang South Mia Mia^ Mount Camel Myrtle Creek^ Myers Flat Neilborough Ravenswood^ Redcastle^ Sedgwick Shelbourne Wellsford Whipstick Wilsons Hill Woodvale
Former localities and areas	Lyal St Just Point
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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