Toolamba

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Toolamba | state = vic | image = Toolamba Wren Street 002.JPG | caption = Wren St, Toolamba with the Junction Hotel on the left | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|36|29|S|145|19|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | lga = City of Greater Shepparton | postcode = 3614 | est = | pop = 822 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS"/> | elevation= | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Shepparton|Shepparton]] | fedgov = [[Division of Nicholls|Nicholls]] | dist1 = 181 | dir1 = N | location1= [[Melbourne]] | dist2 = 18 | dir2 = S | location2= [[Shepparton, Victoria|Shepparton]] | dist3 = 15 | dir3 = SE | location3= [[Tatura, Victoria|Tatura]] }} '''Toolamba''' {{IPAc-en|t|uː|ˈ|l|æ|m|b|ə}} is a town in the [[Goulburn Valley]] region of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. It is in the [[City of Greater Shepparton]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]], {{convert|181|km|mi|0}} north of the state capital, [[Melbourne]]. At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Toolamba and the surrounding area had a population of 822.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2021 AUS |id=SAL22534 |name=Toolamba |accessdate=2023-10-24 |quick=on}}</ref>

The Post Office opened on 1 January 1873. After the arrival of the railway this office closed and a Toolamba East office opened near the station, which was renamed Toolamba in 1895.<ref name="a">{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Toolamba* | access-date = 11 March 2021 }}</ref>

The [[Toolamba railway station, Victoria|railway station of the same name]] is located on the [[Goulburn Valley railway line, Victoria|Goulburn Valley railway line]] opened in 1880, but was closed to passenger traffic in 1987.<ref name="toc" >{{cite book | author = Bob Whitehead | title = Tocumwal Railway Centenary | year = 2008}}</ref> The station also serves as a junction with the [[Toolamba-Echuca railway line, Victoria|line to Echuca]]. Currently the town has a General Store, Primary school (grades prep–6), a kindergarten, town hall and the Junction Hotel as well as a Bed and Breakfast.

==Education== Toolamba Primary School is a [[primary school]] of approximately 190 students located in the township of Toolamba, on the western side of the [[Goulburn River]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.toolambaps.vic.edu.au/ |title=Home |website=toolambaps.vic.edu.au}}</ref> The [[Head teacher|principal]] is Heather Kennedy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.knowyourschools.com.au/vic/toolamba/school/toolamba-primary-school |title=Toolamba Primary School |website=knowyourschools.com.au |accessdate=April 28, 2017}}</ref> It includes a [[kindergarten]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grpsa.com.au/site/toolamba-kindergarten/ |title=Toolamba Kindergarten: Kindergarten & Fungroup |website=grpsa.com.au |accessdate=April 28, 2017}}</ref>

A fire destroyed the primary school and kindergarten on Wednesday 3 February 2010. The school resumed back in Toolamba in March 2010 in a portable facility that was used until September 2012. The new school building was completed in October 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2010/02/04/2810264.htm |title=Toolamba Primary School destroyed |author=Allison Jess |date=4 February 2010 |website=abc.net.au |publisher=ABC |accessdate=April 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sheppadviser.com.au/toolamba-primary-rises-from-the-ashes/ |title=Toolamba Primary Rises From the Ashes |date=7 November 2012 |newspaper=The Adviser |accessdate=April 28, 2017}}</ref>

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

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