Old Tallangatta

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| name = Old Tallangatta

| image = OldTallangattaHouse.JPG

| caption = A residence in Old Tallangatta

| state = vic

| type = town

| lga = Shire of Towong

| coordinates = {{coord|36|11|41|S|147|15|9|E|display=inline,title}}

| use_lga_map = yes

| est =

| postcode = 3701

| pushpin_label_position = left

| pop = 35

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes=

| elevation=

| maxtemp =

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| rainfall =

| stategov = Benambra

| fedgov = Indi

| dist1 = 372

| dir1 = NE

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 50

| dir2 = E

| location2= Wodonga

| dist3 = 8

| dir3 = E

| location3= Tallangatta

}}

Old Tallangatta is a locality in north-east Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Towong local government area, at the upper end of the Mitta Arm of Lake Hume, near the confluence of the Mitta Mitta River and Tallangatta Creek, {{convert|372|km|mi}} north-east of the state capital, Melbourne.

It is the original site of Tallangatta. In 1956, the town was relocated to a new site on higher ground {{convert|8|km|0}} away, to allow for an increase in the height of the Hume Dam, which resulted in a nine metre rise{{cite web |title=Hume Dam |url=https://www.mdba.gov.au/water-management/infrastructure/hume-dam |publisher=Murray-Darling Basin Authority |access-date=2023-08-27}} in the level of the water in Lake Hume.{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Annie |date=2016-08-05 |title=Tallangatta marks six decades since it became the town that moved |language=en-AU |work=ABC News, Goulburn Murray |publisher= Australian Broadcasting Commission |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-05/moving-to-new-tallangatta-60-anniversary/7691010 |access-date=2023-03-05}}

Some people still live in the part of Old Tallangatta that was above the new high-water mark. At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Old Tallangatta had a population of 35.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC21996 |name=Old Tallangatta|accessdate=26 July 2017 |quick=on}}

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