Toolamba, Victoria
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Toolamba
| state = vic
| image = Toolamba Wren Street 002.JPG
| caption = Wren St, Toolamba with the Junction Hotel on the left
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| lga = City of Greater Shepparton
| postcode = 3614
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| pop = 822
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
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| stategov = Shepparton
| fedgov = Nicholls
| dist1 = 181
| dir1 = N
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 18
| dir2 = S
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| dist3 = 15
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Toolamba {{IPAc-en|t|uː|ˈ|l|æ|m|b|ə}} is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is in the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, {{convert|181|km|mi|0}} north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Toolamba and the surrounding area had a population of 822.{{Census 2021 AUS |id=SAL22534 |name=Toolamba |accessdate=2023-10-24 |quick=on}}
The Post Office opened on 1 January 1873. After the arrival of the railway this office closed and a Toolamba East office opened near the station, which was renamed Toolamba in 1895.{{Cite web | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Toolamba* | access-date = 11 March 2021 }}
The railway station of the same name is located on the Goulburn Valley railway line opened in 1880, but was closed to passenger traffic in 1987.{{cite book | author = Bob Whitehead | title = Tocumwal Railway Centenary | year = 2008}} The station also serves as a junction with the line to Echuca. Currently the town has a General Store, Primary school (grades prep–6), a kindergarten, town hall and the Junction Hotel as well as a Bed and Breakfast.
Education
Toolamba Primary School is a primary school of approximately 190 students located in the township of Toolamba, on the western side of the Goulburn River.{{cite web |url=http://www.toolambaps.vic.edu.au/ |title=Home |website=toolambaps.vic.edu.au}} The principal is Heather Kennedy.{{cite web |url=http://www.knowyourschools.com.au/vic/toolamba/school/toolamba-primary-school |title=Toolamba Primary School |website=knowyourschools.com.au |accessdate=April 28, 2017}} It includes a kindergarten.{{cite web |url=http://www.grpsa.com.au/site/toolamba-kindergarten/ |title=Toolamba Kindergarten: Kindergarten & Fungroup |website=grpsa.com.au |accessdate=April 28, 2017}}
A fire destroyed the primary school and kindergarten on Wednesday 3 February 2010. The school resumed back in Toolamba in March 2010 in a portable facility that was used until September 2012. The new school building was completed in October 2012.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/photos/2010/02/04/2810264.htm |title=Toolamba Primary School destroyed |author=Allison Jess |date=4 February 2010 |website=abc.net.au |publisher=ABC |accessdate=April 28, 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.sheppadviser.com.au/toolamba-primary-rises-from-the-ashes/ |title=Toolamba Primary Rises From the Ashes |date=7 November 2012 |newspaper=The Adviser |accessdate=April 28, 2017}}
See also
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