Underbool Explained

Type:town
Underbool
State:vic
Lga:Rural City of Mildura
Postcode:3509
Pop:216
Elevation:91
Use Lga Map:yes
Coordinates:-35.1667°N 141.8167°W
Stategov:Mildura
Fedgov:Mallee
Dist1:476
Location1:Melbourne
Dist2:154
Location2:Mildura[1]
Near-Nw:Murray-Sunset
Near-N:Murray-Sunset
Near-Ne:Torrita
Near-W:Linga
Near-E:Torrita
Near-Sw:Big Desert
Near-S:Big Desert
Near-Se:Big Desert

Underbool is a town in the Mallee region of north-west Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Rural City of Mildura local government area and on the Mallee Highway—between Ouyen and the South Australian border  - north west of the state capital, Melbourne. The town services the grain farmers and graziers in the area. For tourists it provides access to the Pink Lakes in Murray-Sunset National Park.

The town name is thought to come from the German word underbolt given to it by surveyor Dr. Neumayer when he camped there in October 1861.

A post office opened on 15 July 1912 when a regular mail service was provided by the opening of the railway from Ouyen to Murrayville a month earlier.

Underbool Primary School (No. 3819) opened on 5 November 1913, with a purpose-built school building opening in June 1919. A second weatherboard building was built in 1929, and the former Daalko school building moved there in 1967.[2]

With its neighbouring township Walpeup Underbool had a football team (Walpeup-Underbool) in the Mallee Football League until the league folded in 2015. The team merged with Ouyen and play two matches a season in Underbool in the Sunraysia Football League. Golfers play at the course of the Underbool Golf Club on Monash Avenue.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate
  2. Book: What Happened To All The Schools? . Local History Resource Centre . 1989 . 72.