:Murrayville, Victoria
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Murrayville
| state = vic
| image = MurrayvilleReedStreet2.JPG
| caption = Reed St, in Murrayville
| postcode = 3512
| pop = 280
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes={{Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26257 | name = Murrayville (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on}}
| est =
| elevation= 94
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|35|15|44|S|141|11|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| lga = Rural City of Mildura
| region = Sunraysia
| stategov = Mildura
| fedgov = Mallee
| dist1 = 536
| dir1 =NW
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 268
| dir2 = E
| location2= Adelaide
| dist3 = 213
| dir3 =SW
| location3= Mildura
| dist4 = 109
| dir4 = W
| location4= Ouyen
| dist5 = 27
| dir5 = E
| location5= Pinnaroo
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| near-nw = Murray-Sunset
| near-n = Murray-Sunset
| near-ne = Murray-Sunset
| near-w = Carina
| near-e = Cowangie
| near-sw = Big Desert
| near-s = Big Desert
| near-se = Big Desert
}}
Murrayville is a town on the section of the Mallee Highway and Pinnaroo railway line between Ouyen and the South Australian border. It is about {{convert|24|km|mi|0}} east of the South Australian border and {{convert|536|km|mi|0}} north west of the state capital Melbourne, but {{convert|268|km|mi}} east of Adelaide. At the 2016 census, Murrayville had a population of 280, down from 444 ten years before.
The local school, Murrayville Community College is a P-12 school.
History
The Post Office opened on 1 November 1910.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Murrayville* | access-date = 12 February 2021}} The Murrayville railway station opened in 1912 but is no longer used for passengers.
The area of the locality contains a number of smaller areas namely Duddo which had a post office open from 1913 until 1918, Duddo Wells with a post office from 1914 until 1950, Danyo with a post office from 1912 (when the railway arrived) until 1975, and Goongee.
Murrayville Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1983.{{cite web | url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/lawrefrom/legal_services/final_report.pdf | title=Review of Legal Services in Rural and Regional Victoria | publisher=Parliament of Victoria Law Reform Committee | date=May 2001 | access-date=12 April 2020 |pages=291–292}}
Industry
The town's main industry is cereal crops, sheep and cattle, other industries are potato farming and other small crops. Irrigation is only supplied to the potato farms by an underground basin of high quality water.
Sport and culture
The town's dramatic society has been running for 46 years straight.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}}
Golfers play at the Murrayville Golf Club.{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Murrayville | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1044 | access-date = 2009-05-11}}
During Easter 2010, Murrayville celebrated its centenary. Visitors from all over Australia attended with 1300 dinner meals delivered on the Saturday night and 900 for the Sunday evening meal. Included in the attractions were a collection of antique farm machinery, a display of old cars, an animal nursery, a bucking bull and a dual carriage small motorised train.
Residents
Murrayville is the birthplace of former Formula One driver and six time Bathurst 1000 winner Larry Perkins. Olympic basketballer Rachael Sporn was also born in Murrayville.
Climate
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|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Murrayville, elevation {{convert|71|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Jan high C = 30.9
|Feb high C = 30.4
|Mar high C = 28.0
|Apr high C = 22.8
|May high C = 18.5
|Jun high C = 14.9
|Jul high C = 14.5
|Aug high C = 16.2
|Sep high C = 19.7
|Oct high C = 23.0
|Nov high C = 26.9
|Dec high C = 29.6
| year high C = 23.0
|Jan low C = 13.0
|Feb low C = 13.2
|Mar low C = 10.9
|Apr low C = 7.9
|May low C = 5.5
|Jun low C = 3.4
|Jul low C = 2.9
|Aug low C = 3.3
|Sep low C = 4.8
|Oct low C = 7.2
|Nov low C = 9.8
|Dec low C = 12.1
| year low C = 7.8
|rain colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 19.5
|Feb rain mm = 22.5
|Mar rain mm = 16.3
|Apr rain mm = 22.0
|May rain mm = 31.4
|Jun rain mm = 31.7
|Jul rain mm = 33.5
|Aug rain mm = 33.5
|Sep rain mm = 32.6
|Oct rain mm = 32.6
|Nov rain mm = 26.5
|Dec rain mm = 22.4
|year rain mm = 324.4
|unit rain days = 1.0 mm
| Jan rain days = 2.4
| Feb rain days = 2.4
| Mar rain days = 2.6
| Apr rain days = 3.6
| May rain days = 5.7
| Jun rain days = 6.7
| Jul rain days = 7.8
| Aug rain days = 7.9
| Sep rain days = 6.2
| Oct rain days = 5.4
| Nov rain days = 4.1
| Dec rain days = 3.2
| year rain days =58.0
|source 1 = Australian Bureau of Meteorology{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_076038_All.shtml
| title = Climate statistics for Australian locations- MURRAYVILLE
| date = 8 July 2024}}
}}
References
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