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Lowesdale
New South Wales
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Lowesdale Public School
Lowesdale is located in New South Wales
Lowesdale
Lowesdale
Location in New South Wales
Population 220 (2006 census)
Postcode(s) 2646
Elevation 132 m (433 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Federation Council
County Hume
State electorate(s) Albury
Federal Division(s) Farrer

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 2006 census, Lowesdale had a population of 220.

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

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 who went onto win the 1915 premiership. Both teams went into recess in 1916 due to WW1 and both team's were never re-established.

LowesdaleRestArea
A rest area on the Riverina Highway, near Lowesdale
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