Type: | town |
Lowesdale | |
State: | nsw |
Coordinates: | -35.85°N 146.3667°W |
Lga: | Federation Council |
Postcode: | 2646 |
Pop: | 100 |
Elevation: | 132 |
County: | Hume |
Stategov: | Albury |
Fedgov: | Farrer |
Dist1: | 2 |
Location1: | Buraja |
Dist2: | 92 |
Location2: | Berrigan |
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.
Lowesdale Post Office opened on 1 August 1876 and closed in 1994.
In 1915, the small community of Lowesdale entered two football teams in the Coreen & District Football Association, Lowesdale FC and the Lowesdale Military FC[1] who went onto win the 1915 premiership.[2] Both teams went into recess in 1916 due to WW1 and neither team was ever re-established.