Bambill
Victoria
Postcode(s)3496
Location
LGA(s)Rural City of Mildura
RegionSunraysia
State electorate(s)Mildura
Federal division(s)Mallee

Bambill is a locality situated on the Redcliffs-Meringur Road in the Sunraysia region. It is about 6 kilometres east from Yarrara and 9 kilometres west from Werrimull. The area was settled in the 1920s, the Post Office opening on 20 April 1926 (closing in 1959).[2] The railway opened in 1925, and the station was closed in 1977.[3]

Bambill has an Australian rules football team competing in the Millewa Football League, however the club now trains and plays in Mildura.[4]

References

  1. Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 9 February 2021
  3. Andrew Waugh (March 2003). "Redcliffs - Meringur" (PDF). Victorian Signalling Histories No 58, Version 1.0. p. 5. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  4. Full Points Footy, Bambill, archived from the original on 12 June 2010, retrieved 15 April 2009

34°24′20″S 141°30′07″E / 34.40556°S 141.50194°E / -34.40556; 141.50194


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