Piangil

Piangil
Piangil
Town
	Murray St (Mallee Highway), the main street of Piangil, 2012
	Piangil
	Coordinates: 35°03′0″S 143°18′0″E / 35.05000°S 143.30000°E / -35.05000; 143.30000
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
LGA	Rural City of Swan Hill;
Location	382 km (237 mi) NW of Melbourne ; 46 km (29 mi) NW of Swan Hill ;
Government
• State electorate	Mildura;
• Federal division	Mallee;
Population
• Total	259 (2016 census)
Postcode	3597
	Localities around Piangil

Town in Victoria, Australia

Piangil, once frequently spelled "Pyangil", is a town in the Mallee region of northern Victoria, Australia. It is approximately 382 kilometres (237 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne and 46 kilometres (29 mi) north-west of the regional centre of Swan Hill. At the 2016 census, Piangil and the surrounding rural area had a population of 259.^[2]

The name of the town is derived from the Piangil pastoral run, taken up in 1846 by William Coghill. It is thought that the name was derived from an Aboriginal word for the Murray cod.^[3]

Piangil post office opened on 17 June 1907, and was renamed Piangil North in 1918 when the Piangil post office was relocated adjacent to the railway station. A new Piangil post office opened in 1921 and is still in operation.^[4]

Piangil Primary School closed in September 2015.^[5]

Gallery

General store, 2012
Grain storage, 2009
Former Primary school, 2012
Post office, 2012
Former bowling club, 2012

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Piangil (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ a b "2016 Census QuickStats Piangil". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
^ "Piangil". Victorian Places. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 2 April 2021
^ Twomey, Shannon; Zervos, Cassie (5 November 2015). "Small school closures continue in rural Victoria". The Weekly Times. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

External links

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Piangil (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[ABS2016-2] "2016 Census QuickStats Piangil". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 18 August 2018.

[3] "Piangil". Victorian Places. Retrieved 14 May 2025.

[a-4] Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 2 April 2021

[5] Twomey, Shannon; Zervos, Cassie (5 November 2015). "Small school closures continue in rural Victoria". The Weekly Times. Retrieved 31 January 2019.