{{Distinguish||text=[[Toowong]], a suburb of Brisbane}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | name = Towong | image = TowongMemorialHall.JPG | caption = Towong Memorial Hall | state = vic | type = town | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|36|07|34|S|147|59|13|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Shire of Towong]], Victoria | pushpin_label_position = left | lga = Shire of Towong | est = | postcode = 3707 | pop = 132 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC22550 | name = Towong (State Suburb) | accessdate = 24 August 2020 | quick = on}}</ref> | elevation= | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Benambra|Benambra]] | fedgov = [[Division of Indi|Indi]] | dist1 = | dir1 = | location1= | dist2 = | dir2 = | location2= | dist3 = | location3= | dist4 = | location4= }}
'''Towong''' is a locality of the [[Shire of Towong]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]] in [[Victoria, Australia]]. Towong is on the [[Murray River]] close to [[Corryong]].
==History== Towong Post Office opened on 10 January 1882 and closed in 1994.<ref name="PostOffice">{{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 existing timber bridge across the Murray River at Towong was built in 1938. Work on a new bridge is scheduled to begin in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Transport for NSW|first=N. S. W.|title=Towong Bridge|url=https://roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/towong-bridge/index.html|access-date=2021-11-30|website=[[Transport for NSW]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://roadsonline.com.au/works-to-begin-early-next-year-on-nsws-new-towong-bridge/ Works to begin early next year on NSW's new Towong Bridge] ''Roads & Infrastructure'' 9 December 2021</ref>
==Towong Turf Club== Towong is home to the historic Towong Turf Club, hosting [[Thoroughbred racing in Australia|thoroughbred horse racing]] since 1871. Currently [[Country Racing Victoria]] schedules two race meetings per year at the venue, the Towong Cup meeting (traditionally held in early March) and the Squizzy Taylor Dash meeting (traditionally held in late December).<ref name="RaceClub">{{Citation|last=Country Racing Victoria |title=Towong Turf Club |url=http://www.countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=103&Itemid=80 |accessdate=2009-05-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804110514/http://countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=103&Itemid=80 |archivedate=August 4, 2008 }}</ref>
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.countryracing.com.au/towong-turf-racing-club?___SID=U Towong Turf Club Website]
{{Towns in Towong Shire}}
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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]] [[Category:Shire of Towong]]
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