Mittyack, Victoria
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| name = Mittyack
| state = vic
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| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
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| postcode = 3533
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| location1 = Melbourne
| dist2 = 141
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| location2 = Mildura
| dist3 = 37
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| location3 = Ouyen
| dist4 = 264
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| lga = Rural City of Mildura
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| stategov = Mildura
| fedgov = Mallee
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| near-n = Kulwin
| near-ne = Manangatang
| near-e = Gerahmin
| near-se = Pier Milan
| near-s = Pier Milan
| near-sw = Tempy
| near-w = Ouyen
| near-nw = Ouyen
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Mittyack is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 37 km from Ouyen on the Calder Highway.
Located in a wheat-growing area of the Mallee the locality was settled in the 1910s, the Post Office opening on 5 December 1916 and closing in 1979.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Mittyack* | access-date = 16 February 2021 }} The Kulwin railway line reached Mittyack in 1919 and was extended to Kulwin the following year.{{cite magazine
|date=March 1990
| title = Tracks Across the State
| author = Sid Brown
|magazine= Newsrail
| publisher = Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)
| pages =71–76
}} The line through Mittyack was closed in 2010.{{cite web |url=http://vicsig.net/infrastructure/line/Kulwin |title=Kulwin Line |date=29 December 2013 |access-date=31 December 2016}}
Mittyack West State School (No. 4277) opened on 24 September 1926 and closed on 19 May 1939. The building was removed to Woornack.{{cite book | title=What Happened To All The Schools? | publisher=Local History Resource Centre | year=1989 | pages=33}}
On 26 December 2038, the centreline of a total solar eclipse will pass directly over Mittyack.{{Cite web|url=http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2038Dec26Tgoogle.html|title=NASA - Total Solar Eclipse of 2038 Dec 26|website=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov|access-date=2016-08-07}}
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External links
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=-35.157565,142.656333&ie=UTF8&ll=-35.157565,142.656333&spn=0.066832,0.101624&z=13&layer=c&cbll=-35.157565,142.656333&panoid=lX1ZV9acS_bPjmyhjoJbBQ&cbp=1,17.10593229256665,,0,5.213508136804131/ Google Street View- Railway Crossing and Wheat Silos at Mittyack]
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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)
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