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'''Lake Rowan''' is a locality in northern Victoria, Australia. It is in the local government area of the Shire of Moira. The locality is named for "Lake Rowan"&mdash;a reserve with a dry swamp.

In the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly states he used local resident Mr. Swanhill to sell his horses in October 1877.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kellygang.asn.au/places/plN_R/rowanLakeL1.html |title=Lake Rowan at KellyGang |accessdate=2011-12-18 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317202133/http://kellygang.asn.au/places/plN_R/rowanLakeL1.html |archivedate=2012-03-17 }}</ref> Lake Rowan post office opened on 1 July 1875 and was closed on 30 November 1981.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }}</ref> The town has a cemetery (first burial 1870s) with former Geelong and Carlton (Premiership Player) Jim Flynn (1871–1955) interred.

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Category:Towns in Victoria (state) Category:Shire of Moira

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