Lowesdale, New South Wales

Lowesdale
Lowesdale Public School
Lowesdale
Coordinates: 35°51′0″S 146°22′0″E / 35.85000°S 146.36667°E / -35.85000; 146.36667
CountryAustralia
StateNew South Wales
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
132 m (433 ft)
Population
 • Total100 (2021 census)[2]
Postcode
2646
CountyHume

Lowesdale is a town community in Australia in the central south part of the Riverina and situated about 2 kilometres north of Buraja and 92 kilometres east of Berrigan on the Riverina Highway. At the 2021 census, Lowesdale had a population of 100.[2]

Lowesdale Post Office opened on 1 August 1876 and closed in 1994.[3]

Sport and recreation

In 1915, the small community of Lowesdale entered two football teams in the Coreen & District Football Association, Lowesdale FC and the Lowesdale Military FC[4] who went onto win the 1915 premiership.[5] Both teams went into recess in 1916 due to WW1 and neither team was ever re-established.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lowesdale (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Lowesdale (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 June 2009
  4. ^ "1915 - Lowesdale". The Corowa Free Press (NSW. 25 May 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ^ "1915 - Coreen Football Association". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 31 August 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2021.