Panitya, Victoria Explained

Type:town
Panitya
State:vic
Use Lga Map:yes
Coordinates:-35.2361°N 140.9917°W
Pop:65
Postcode:3512
Elevation:91
Dist1:560
Location1:Melbourne
Dist2:238
Location2:Mildura
Dist3:23
Location3:Pinnaroo
Dist4:10
Location4:Carina[1]
Lga:Rural City of Mildura
Stategov:Mildura
Fedgov:Mallee
Near-N:Murray-Sunset
Near-Ne:Murray-Sunset
Near-E:Carina
Near-Se:Big Desert
Near-S:Big Desert
Near-Sw:South Australia
Near-W:South Australia
Near-Nw:South Australia

Panitya is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region of Victoria, Australia. The place by road, is situated about 23 kilometres east from Pinnaroo and 10 kilometres west from Carina on the Mallee Highway.

Panitya is a railway station on the Ouyen to Pinnaroo line.

The Post Office opened in 1910 and was closed in 1975.

The area of the locality contains a number of smaller areas, namely Panitya East which had a post office open from 1916 until 1933, Berrook which had a post office open from 1929 until 1935, Manya with a post office from 1928 until 1936, Sunset with a post office from 1921 until 1948 and, below the Mallee Highway, Ngallo.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Travelmate . 7 March 2007 . 24 March 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070324192800/http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/Mapmaker.asp . dead .