# Underbool

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Town in Victoria, Australia

Town in Victoria, Australia

Underbool Town Mallee Highway at Underbool Underbool Coordinates: 35°10′0″S 141°49′0″E / 35.16667°S 141.81667°E / -35.16667; 141.81667 Country Australia State Victoria LGA Rural City of Mildura Location 476 km (296 mi) from Melbourne 154 km (96 mi) from Mildura[1] Government • State electorate Mildura • Federal division Mallee Elevation 91 m (299 ft) Population • Total 216 (2016 census)[4] Postcode 3509 Localities around Underbool Murray-Sunset Murray-Sunset Torrita Linga Underbool Torrita Big Desert Big Desert Big Desert

**Underbool** is a town in the [Mallee](/source/Mallee_(Victoria)) region of north-west [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), Australia. The town is in the [Rural City of Mildura](/source/Rural_City_of_Mildura) local government area and on the [Mallee Highway](/source/Mallee_Highway)—between [Ouyen](/source/Ouyen) and the [South Australian](/source/South_Australia) border – 476 kilometres (296 mi) north west of the state capital, [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne). The town services the grain farmers and graziers in the area. For tourists it provides access to the Pink Lakes in [Murray-Sunset National Park](/source/Murray-Sunset_National_Park).

The town's name is thought to derive from the [German](/source/German_language) word *underbolt,* given to it by surveyor Dr. Neumayer when he camped there in October 1861.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

A post office opened on 15 July 1912 when a regular mail service was provided by the opening of the railway from Ouyen to [Murrayville](/source/Murrayville%2C_Victoria) a month earlier.[5]

Underbool Primary School (No. 3819) opened on 5 November 1913, with a purpose-built school building opening in June 1919. A second weatherboard building was built in 1929, and the former Daalko school building moved there in 1967.[6]

With its neighbouring township [Walpeup](/source/Walpeup) Underbool had a [football](/source/Australian_rules_football) team (Walpeup-Underbool) in the [Mallee Football League](/source/Mallee_Football_League_(Victoria)) until the league folded in 2015. The team merged with Ouyen and play two matches a season in Underbool in the [Sunraysia Football League](/source/Sunraysia_Football_League). Golfers play at the course of the Underbool Golf Club on Monash Avenue.[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Travelmate"](https://web.archive.org/web/20010501043134/http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp). Archived from [the original](http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp) on 1 May 2001. Retrieved 4 March 2007.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (27 June 2017). ["Underbool (suburb and locality)"](http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC22599). *Australian Census 2016*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (27 June 2017). ["Underbool (suburb and locality)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL22612). *Australian Census 2016 QuickStats*. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-abs_4-0)** [Australian Bureau of Statistics](/source/Australian_Bureau_of_Statistics) (27 June 2017). ["Underbool (State Suburb)"](https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2016/SSC22599). *2016 Census QuickStats*. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-a_5-0)** Phoenix Auctions History, [*Post Office List*](http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Underbool*), retrieved 9 February 2021

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** *What Happened To All The Schools?*. Local History Resource Centre. 1989. p. 72.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-golf_7-0)** Golf Select, [*Underbool*](http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1114), retrieved 11 May 2009

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