Muckleford
Muckleford is a locality in central Victoria, Australia. The area, also known as Wattle Flat, lies along the Muckleford Creek, a minor tributary of the Loddon River, approximately 127 kilometres north-west of the Melbourne city centre, and within the jurisdiction of the Mount Alexander Shire council.Photo: Slate.Desk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Pru.mitchell, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Hamlet with 381 residents
- Description: town in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Muckleford, Victoria” and “Muckleford, Victoria, Australia”
- Neighbors: Castlemaine
Places of Interest
Highlights include Muckleford railway station.
Muckleford railway station
Railway station
Photo: LivelyRatification, CC0.
Muckleford is a railway station on the Maldon branch line off the main Echuca, Swan Hill lines in Victoria, Australia. The station was originally opened on 16 June 1884 and was closed to passenger services on 6 January 1941. Muckleford railway station is situated 4 km north of Muckleford.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castlemaine and Yapeen.
Castlemaine
Photo: Melody Ayres-Griffiths, CC BY 2.0.
Castlemaine is an historic goldmining town the Goldfields region of Victoria popular with travellers from Melbourne. Castlemaine had a population of approximately 7,500 in 2021, and is home to a vibrant arts scene.
Yapeen
Locality
Yapeen is a town in central Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area and on the Midland Highway, 131 kilometres north west of the state capital, Melbourne and 9 kilometres south of Castlemaine. Yapeen is situated 8 km south of Muckleford.
Newstead
Town
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0.
Newstead is a town in Victoria, Australia, situated along the Loddon River. It is in the Shire of Mount Alexander local government area. At the 2021 census, Newstead had a population of 820. Newstead is situated 9 km southwest of Muckleford.
Muckleford
- Category: locality
- Location: Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-37.05754° or 37° 3′ 27″ southLongitude
144.14493° or 144° 8′ 42″ eastPopulation
381Elevation
282 metres (925 feet)Open location code
4RJ6W4RV+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 273869170OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2156428Wikidata ID
Q14935239
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“Muckleford” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Muckleford, Victoria”
- French: “Muckleford”
- Italian: “Muckleford”
- Japanese: “マックルフォード”
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