Tallygaroopna

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Tallygaroopna | state = vic | image = Tallygaroopna Main Street.JPG | caption = Victoria Street, the main street of Tallygaroopna | lga = City of Greater Shepparton | postcode = 3634 | established = | pop = 600 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS"/> | elevation = | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|36|15|S|145|26|E|display=inline,title}} | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Shepparton|Shepparton]] | fedgov = [[Division of Nicholls|Nicholls]] | location1 = Melbourne | dist1 = 207 | dir1 = N | location2 = Shepparton | dist2 = 17 | dir2 = N | location3 = Numurkah | dist3 = 18 | dir3 = S }}

'''Tallygaroopna''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|t|æ|l|iː|ɡ|ə|ˈ|r|uː|p|n|ə}}) is a town in the [[Goulburn Valley]] region of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. The town is on the [[Goulburn Valley Highway]] in the [[City of Greater Shepparton]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]], {{convert|207|km|mi}} north of the state capital, [[Melbourne]]. At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Tallygaroopna had a population of 600.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL22431 |name=Tallygaroopna (SSC) (State Suburb)|accessdate=2019-04-18|quick=on}}</ref>

== History == The large Tallygaroopna [[station (Australian agriculture)|station]] was established in the 1840s by Edward Khull and two years later was sold to Sherbourne Sheppard, who later lent his name to the nearby city of [[Shepparton, Victoria|Shepparton]]. The station was broken up for closer settlement in the 1870s,<ref name="travelmate">{{cite web | url = http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownName=Tallygaroopna_%5C_VIC | title = Tallygaroopna Victoria | publisher = Travelmate | access-date = 2007-06-03}}</ref> the Post Office opening on 7 December 1875. The Tallygaroopna Railway Station Post Office opened on 17 October 1881, and was later renamed as Tallygaroopna and Tallygaroopna renamed as Tallygaroopna West.<ref name="postal-history">{{cite web |website=Phoenix Auctions |title=Post Office List |url=http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Tallygaroopna* |access-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>

The [[Tallygaroopna railway station, Victoria|local railway station]] was opened on the [[Goulburn Valley railway line, Victoria|Goulburn Valley railway]] in 1881,<ref name="toc">{{cite book | author = Bob Whitehead | title = Tocumwal Railway Centenary | year = 2008}}</ref> but does not see any passenger or freight services.

Tallygaroopna Primary School is located on Victoria Street. The local kindergarten is located opposite the school. [[Tallygaroopna Football Club]], known as the Redlegs, play in the [[Kyabram & District Football League]]. The town is also home to a bowling green and golf course.

In April 2012, the town's only pub, the Victoria Hotel, burnt to the ground.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/from-floods-to-fire-publican-laments-hotel-loss-20120501-1xwe5.html |location=Melbourne |work=The Age |title=From floods to fire, publican laments hotel loss |date=2012-05-01}}</ref>

Tallygaroopna has a history with flooding<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tallgaroopna Local Flood Guide.pdf |url=https://www.ses.vic.gov.au/search?q=Tallygaroopna |website=ses.vic.gov.au}}</ref> with some happening in 1919, 1939, 1956, 1974, 1993, and the most recent in 2012

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Tallygaroopna Soldiers Memorial Hall 002.JPG|Soldiers Memorial Hall File:Tallygaroopna Victoria Hotel 002.JPG|Victoria Hotel, now destroyed File:Tallygaroopna Butcher Shop 002.JPG|Butcher shop </gallery>

==See also== * [[Tallygaroopna railway station]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Tallygaroopna, Victoria}}

[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]] [[Category:City of Greater Shepparton]]