Eddington, Victoria

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Eddington is a locality in the Shire of Loddon, and Shire of Mount Alexander, Victoria, Australia. It is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north-west from Melbourne. Eddington is located on the Loddon River. At the Template:CensusAU, Eddington had a population of 113.[1]

There is a bridge over the Loddon at Eddington, built during 1928-30 to replace a 19th-century bridge that tended to be swept away by seasonal floods.[2]

During the second half of the 19th century, the town had various facilities, including a brewery, cheese factory, butter factory, several hotels, a racecourse, and churches.[3]

Today there is an active Golf Club, a Community Centre and live steam model engineering society.[4][5][6] There are two former hotels, a former general store, former police station and lockup, former primary school and former garage. The Loddon River at Eddington is the upper reach of Laanecoorie Weir.

A cafe operating limited hours also operates out of the old service station premises on the main road.

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