Dooen, Victoria

Dooen
Victoria
Dooen is located in Rural City of Horsham
Dooen
Dooen
Coordinates36°40′S 142°17′E / 36.667°S 142.283°E / -36.667; 142.283
Population250 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3401
Location
LGA(s)Rural City of Horsham
State electorate(s)Lowan
Federal division(s)Mallee

Dooen /ˈduən/ is a locality situated in the Wimmera region, Western Victoria, Australia. The Henty Highway between Mildura and Portland passes through the Dooen. At the 2021 census, Dooen had a population of 250.[1]

Dooen Post Office opened on 1 September 1877 and closed in 1982.[2] The Old Dooen pub is one of the few remaining occupied buildings and is popular amongst the agricultural students of Longerenong College. The Dooen School closed in 1994, the Dooen Hall is all that remains on the site.[citation needed]

Communications

The ABC Western Victoria transmitter at Dooen, named 594 3WV, was built in 1936. The mast is 201 metres tall and the transmitter generates 50 kilowatts of power, with only 13 other more powerful broadcast towers in Australia. The lattice work at the top of the mast is 19 metres in diameter.[3]

Transport

The Wimmera Intermodal Freight Terminal (aka inland port) opened on the Western standard gauge line at Dooen in August 2012. By 2014 over 700 ISO containers were moving through the terminal each week, on one of nine weekly intermodal trains between Melbourne and Dooen.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "2021 Dooen, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". www.abs.gov.au. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  2. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 29 March 2021
  3. ^ "Celebrating World Radio Day with a trip around the world - ABC (None) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. ^ ERIN McFADDEN (10 January 2014). "Wimmera Intermodal Freight Terminal up and running". The Wimmera Mail-Times. Retrieved 25 November 2016.


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