Type: | town |
Beulah | |
State: | vic |
Lga: | Shire of Yarriambiack |
Postcode: | 3395 |
Pop: | 329 |
Elevation: | 100 |
Use Lga Map: | yes |
Coordinates: | -35.9381°N 142.42°W |
Maxtemp: | 22.4 |
Mintemp: | 8.5 |
Rainfall: | 375.4 |
Stategov: | Mildura |
Fedgov: | Mallee |
Dist1: | 395 |
Dir1: | NW |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 219 |
Dir2: | S |
Location2: | Mildura |
Dist3: | 38 |
Dir3: | north |
Location3: | Warracknabeal |
Dist4: | 94 |
Dir4: | north |
Location4: | Horsham |
Beulah is a town in the southern Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Yarriambiack local government area, 395 kilometres north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Beulah had a population of 329.
The town's name is taken from the Book of Isaiah, 62:4. In some English translations, the word is given as "married" or "inhabited".[1]
Beulah was established on land that was once part of Brim station. Closer settlement began in the 1880s and the town site was proclaimed in 1891. A post office opened on May 6, 1891, and the railway from Warracknabeal opened on 5 January 1893.[2] [3] The line to Hopetoun opened on 6 March 1894.[3] The town claims to be the closest to the rabbit-proof fence, established in the first decade of the 20th century to prevent the incursion of rabbit plagues.[4]
Beulah was the location for the fictional town Kiewarra in the 2019 film The Dry, starring Eric Bana.[5]