Underbool, Victoria
The town name is thought to come from the German word underbolt given to it by surveyor Dr. Neumayer when he camped there in October 1861.
A post office opened on 15 July 1912 when a regular mail service was provided by the opening of the railway from Ouyen to Murrayville a month earlier.
Underbool Primary School (No. 3819) opened on 5 November 1913, with a purpose-built school building opening in June 1919. A second weatherboard building was built in 1929, and the former Daalko school building moved there in 1967.
With its neighbouring township Walpeup Underbool had a football team (Walpeup-Underbool) in the Mallee Football League until the league folded in 2015. The team merged with Ouyen and play two matches a season in Underbool in the Sunraysia Football League. Golfers play at the course of the Underbool Golf Club on Monash Avenue.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Underbool (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Travelmate
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 9 February 2021
- ^ What Happened To All The Schools?. Local History Resource Centre. 1989. p. 72.
- ^ Golf Select, Underbool, retrieved 11 May 2009
External links
Media related to Underbool, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons