Type: | town |
Wallace | |
State: | vic |
Use Lga Map: | yes |
Coordinates: | -37.55°N 144.05°W |
Pop: | 227 |
Postcode: | 3352 |
Dist1: | 99 |
Dir1: | NW |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 19 |
Dir2: | E |
Location2: | Ballarat |
Dist3: | 18 |
Dir3: | W |
Location3: | Ballan |
Lga: | Shire of Moorabool |
Stategov: | Eureka |
Fedgov: | Ballarat |
Near-N: | Springbank |
Near-Ne: | Gordon |
Near-E: | Gordon |
Near-Se: | Gordon |
Near-S: | Millbrook |
Near-Sw: | Bungaree |
Near-W: | Bungaree |
Near-Nw: | Bungaree |
Wallace is a town in Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, 99km (62miles) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne.
The township was established in the 1880s. Wallace Post Office opened on 2 October 1885 and closed on 26 February 1993.[1]
Wallace was the birthplace of Edmond Hogan, twice Victorian Premier in the 1920s.[2]