Tarilta

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Tarilta

| state = vic

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| lga = Shire of Mount Alexander

| lga2 = Shire of Hepburn

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| postcode = 3451{{Cite web |title=3451 Postcode - Australia Post |url=https://auspost.com.au/postcode/3451 |access-date=15 April 2025|website=Australia Post}}

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| pop = 26

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL22449|name=Tarilta|accessdate=15 April 2025|quick=on}}

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| stategov = Macedon{{Cite web |title=Interactive Map |url=https://maps.vec.vic.gov.au/|access-date=15 April 2025 |website=maps.vec.vic.gov.au}}

| fedgov = Bendigo

| fedgov2 = Ballarat

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Tarilta is locality in the Shire of Hepburn and the Shire of Mount Alexander, Victoria, Australia. At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Tarilta had a population of 26.

History

Tarilta, originally known as Kangaroo Flat, emerged following the discovery of gold near the junction of Kangaroo Creek and the Loddon River in 1853.{{Cite web |title=Tarilta {{!}} Victorian Places |url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/tarilta |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.victorianplaces.com.au}} A school was established in 1860 within a Wesleyan chapel, and the township was officially surveyed and named Tarilta in 1864, a name believed to derive from a Djadjawurrung word meaning "kangaroo." By 1865, Bailliere’s Victorian Gazetteer described Tarilta as a gold-mining town featuring both alluvial and quartz operations, with three quartz-crushing mills, three horse-puddling machines, and two hotels. Tarilta’s elevated location was accessible only by horse-drawn dray or horseback, including via the Cobb and Co mail service.

References

Category:Towns in Victoria (state)