Merrinee, Victoria

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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Merrinee

| state = vic

| image = Merrinee_VIC.jpg

| caption = Merrinee

| postcode = 3496

| pop = 48

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC21658|name=Merrinee (State Suburb)|accessdate=1 September 2020|quick=on}}

| est =

| elevation=

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| lga = Rural City of Mildura

| region = Sunraysia

| use_lga_map = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|34|22|17|S|141|48|03|E|display=inline,title}}

| stategov = Mildura

| fedgov = Mallee

| dist1 = 560

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 58

| location2= Mildura

| dist3 = 11

| location3= Karawinna

| dist4 = 7

| location4= Pirlta[http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324192800/http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/Mapmaker.asp |date=24 March 2007 }}

| near-nw = Cullulleraine

| near-n = Wargan

| near-ne = Merbein South

| near-w = Werrimull

| near-e = Koorlong, Carwarp

| near-sw = Murray-Sunset

| near-s = Murray-Sunset

| near-se = Murray-Sunset

}}

Merrinee is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. It is situated about 7 kilometres west of Pirlta and 11 kilometres east of Karawinna, on the Red Cliffs-Meringur Road.

File:Silo Merrinee.jpg

The Morkalla railway line opened on 10 April 1924 with a goods, grain and passenger siding,{{cite web |url=http://www.vrhistory.com/Locations/Redcliffs-Meringur.pdf |author=Andrew Waugh |title=Redcliffs – Meringur |date=March 2003 |work=Victorian Signalling Histories No 58, Version 1.0 |access-date=16 June 2014}} followed by the post office on 30 May 1924.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Merrinee* | access-date = 16 February 2021 }} The railway closed in 1988.

The general area contains a number of previous localities which existed when the population was larger, namely Thurla {{coord|34|22|S|142|06|E |scale:100000_region:AU-VIC}} which had a post office open from 1925 until 1940, Benetook {{coord|34|22|00|S|142|00|00|E|scale:100000_region:AU-VIC}} with a post office from 1925 until 1946 and Pirlta {{coord|34|21|55|S|141|53|59|E|scale:100000_region:AU-VIC}} with a post office from 1911 until 1961.