Mittyack, Victoria

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| name = Mittyack

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| near-ne = Manangatang

| near-e = Gerahmin

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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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