Lowesdale, New South Wales

Town in New South Wales, Australia
35°51′0″S 146°22′0″E / 35.85000°S 146.36667°E / -35.85000; 146.36667Population100 (2021 census)[1]Postcode(s)2646Elevation132 m (433 ft)LocationLGA(s)Federation CouncilCountyHumeState electorate(s)AlburyFederal division(s)Farrer

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.[1]

Lowesdale Post Office opened on 1 August 1876 and closed in 1994.[2]

Sport and recreation

In 1915, the small community of Lowesdale entered two football teams in the Coreen & District Football Association, Lowesdale FC and the Lowesdale Military FC[3] who went onto win the 1915 premiership.[4] Both teams went into recess in 1916 due to WW1 and neither team was ever re-established.

A rest area on the Riverina Highway, near Lowesdale

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lowesdale (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2023. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009
  3. ^ "1915 - Lowesdale". The Corowa Free Press (NSW. 25 May 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  4. ^ "1915 - Coreen Football Association". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 31 August 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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