Linga,_Victoria

Linga, Victoria

Linga, Victoria

Town in Victoria, Australia

For other uses, see Linga (disambiguation).

Linga is a locality situated on the section of the Mallee Highway and Pinnaroo railway line between Ouyen and the South Australian border in the Sunraysia region. It is situated about 8 kilometres east from Boinka and 11 kilometres west from Underbool.

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The name Linga is believed to be an invented derivative from the traditional Aboriginal name Lar-gni which meant camp of ... because as a place to camp it was a place to linger.[3]

The Post Office (as a receiving 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. It was called Manpy until 1913 and closed in 1975.[4]

Linga State School (No. 3798) opened on 31 March 1913 in the local hall, with a permanent building erected in 1916. The school closed on 17 December 1970. The building was subsequently sold and relocated to Ouyen.[5]

Linga South State School (No. 4460) opened on 30 January 1930 and closed in 1949.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Linga (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  2. [2]
    Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    Dictionary of Aboriginal Placenames Archived 19 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 10 February 2021
  5. [5]
    What Happened To All The Schools?. Local History Resource Centre. 1989. p. 30.
  6. [6]
    What Happened To All The Schools?. Local History Resource Centre. 1989. p. 31.


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