Carina, Victoria

Carina
Entering Carina
Carina
Coordinates: 35°12′51″S 141°05′42″E / 35.21417°S 141.09500°E / -35.21417; 141.09500
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
92 m (302 ft)
Population
 • Total22 (2016 census)[3]
Postcode
3512
Localities around Carina
Panitya Murray-Sunset Murray-Sunset
Panitya Carina Murrayville
Big Desert Big Desert Big Desert

Carina is a locality in the Rural City of Mildura in Victoria, Australia. It is situated in the Sunraysia region on the Mallee Highway and Pinnaroo railway line. It is situated about 10 kilometres east from Panitya and 14 kilometres west from Murrayville.

Carina Post Office opened on 17 June 1923 and closed in 1949.[4]

The area of the locality contains a number of smaller areas such as Mulcra which had a post office open from 1910 until 1968 and Boltons Bore.[4]

Carina West is home to the Select Harvests Almond processing plant commissioned in 2008.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Carina (Vic.) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. 
  3. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carina (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 26 March 2021