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Wallace is a town in Victoria, Australia in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, 99 kilometres (62 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

The township was established in the 1880s. Wallace Post Office opened on 2 October 1885 and closed on 26 February 1993.[2]

Wallace was the birthplace of Edmond Hogan, twice Victorian Premier in the 1920s.[3]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wallace (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 October 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  3. ^ Jonas, Pam. "'Hogan, Edmond John (Ned) (1883–1964)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 21 July 2007.


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