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Bullarto, Victoria

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Bullarto
Victoria
Population358 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3461
Elevation750 m (2,461 ft)
LGA(s)Shire of Hepburn
State electorate(s)Macedon
Federal division(s)Ballarat

Bullarto is a town located in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Bullarto had a population of 358.[1]

Bullarto is 7 km south east of Daylesford on the Trentham road and is a potato growing district.[2] The Bullarto railway station is the current terminus of the Daylesford Spa Country Railway rail motor tourist services. A post office opened there in 1874 and used barred numeral number 855 cancel (rated RRRR - 4 to 12 examples considered to exist).[3] Another post office was opened at the railway station from 1884 using numeral 1392.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Bullarto (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 March 2010.
  2. ^ Osborne, Murrell (1978). Timber, Spuds and Spa. Australian Railway Historical Society. ISBN 0-85849-023-4.
  3. ^ a b Freeman, Hugh H; GeoffT. White (2001). The Numeral Cancellations of Victoria. Melbourne: The Royal Philatelic Society of Victoria. ISBN 0-947345-16-7.