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Kooloonong Victoria
Kooloonong
Coordinates	34°52′S 143°08′E / 34.867°S 143.133°E / -34.867; 143.133
Population	39 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	3549
Location	413 km (257 mi) from Melbourne 147 km (91 mi) from Mildura 98 km (61 mi) from Ouyen 264 km (164 mi) from Bendigo
LGA(s)	Rural City of Swan Hill
Federal division(s)	Mallee
Localities around Kooloonong: Lake Powell Boundary Bend Narrung Wandown, Annuello Kooloonong Kenley Bolton Natya Natya

Kooloonong is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 147 km from Mildura and was on the Yungera railway line.

Kooloonong was established as a soldier settlement area for returned servicemen from World War I. By the mid-1920s, it was a thriving township with a bush nursing hospital, government offices, a school, an RSL hall, a railway station and sporting facilities. The town has declined since then and now has only one occupied house, plus the rarely-used hall, a CFA shed and unused grain handling facilities.

The railway north of Swan Hill was extended from Piangil to Kooloonong in March 1920 to support the soldier settlement farms in the area. For many years, water was carted to the location by train because there was no natural water supply. The line from Piangil was closed in December 1986. Kooloonong Post Office opened around June 1920 and closed in 1973. It had a polling place for federal elections from 1922.

Yungera

In 1926, the railway to Kooloonong was further extended to a terminus named Yungera, at what is now the boundary between the localities of Kooloonong and Boundary Bend. The line was shortened back to Kooloonong in 1957. Yungera had a polling place for federal elections from 1929 to 1937.

References

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11. "ABOLITION OF POLLING PLACES". Commonwealth of Australia Gazette. Australia. 21 January 1937. p. 77. Retrieved 20 January 2020 – via Trove.

v t e Localities in the Rural City of Swan Hill
City	Swan Hill
Town	Beverford Boundary Bend Happy Valley Lake Boga Manangatang Nyah Nyah West Piangil Robinvale Tyntynder South Ultima Wood Wood Woorinen Woorinen South
Locality	Annuello Bannerton Beauchamp^ Bolton Boundary Bend Bulga Castle Donnington Chillingollah Chinangin Chinkapook Cocamba Fish Point Gerahmin Goschen Gowanford Kenley Kooloonong Kunat Lake Powell Liparoo Meatian^ Miralie Murnungin Murrawee Murraydale Narrung Natya Nowie Nyrraby Pental Island Pira Polisbet Speewa Swan Hill West Tol Tol Towan Tresco Tresco West Turoar Tyntynder Tyrrell^ Ultima East Vinifera Waitchie Wandown Wemen Winlaton Winnambool Woorinen North
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

• Towns in Victoria (state)
• Rural City of Swan Hill