Type: | town |
Yarck | |
State: | vic |
Lga: | Shire of Murrindindi |
Postcode: | 3719 |
Pop: | 194 |
Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
Use Lga Map: | yes |
Coordinates: | -37.0897°N 145.6111°W |
Stategov: | Eildon |
Fedgov: | Indi |
Dist1: | 166 |
Dir1: | NE |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 55 |
Dir2: | W |
Location2: | Mansfield |
Dist3: | 14 |
Dir3: | NW |
Location3: | Alexandra |
Yarck is a town in the upper Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Murrindindi and on the Maroondah Highway, 166km (103miles) north east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the, Yarck and the surrounding area had a population of 194.[1]
Yarck Post Office opened around February 1877. The railway arrived in November 1890 when the branch line from Tallarook was extended to Merton.[2] The line and the station closed in 1978.
Facilities in the town include a general store, a hotel, two cafes, a book store, and a bakery.