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Arcadia Downs

Mail and railway services anchored a Goulburn Valley farming locality.

1873Arcadia Post Office opened

Farms south of Shepparton needed a postal stop and later a station on the Goulburn Valley line.

The station opened in 1880 and closed in 1977; the post office survived until 1993.

1873Arcadia Post Office opened

1880–1977–1993The station opened in 1880 and closed in 1977; the post office survived until 1993.

A dispersed agricultural locality beside the railway and irrigation country.

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