Toolamba, Victoria
Toolamba is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is in the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the, Toolamba and the surrounding area had a population of 873.
The Post Office opened on 1 January 1873. After the arrival of the railway this office closed and a Toolamba East office opened near the station, which was renamed Toolamba in 1895.
The railway station of the same name is located on the Goulburn Valley railway line opened in 1880, but was closed to passenger traffic in 1987. The station also serves as a junction with the line to Echuca. Currently the town has a General Store, Primary school, a kindergarten, town hall and the Junction Hotel as well as a Bed and Breakfast.
A fire destroyed the primary school and kindergarten on Wednesday 3 February 2010. The school resumed back in Toolamba in March 2010 in a portable facility that was used until September 2012. The new school building was completed in October 2012.The Toolamba Football Club, appears to of been established in 1900 and initially played in the Goulburn Valley District Football Association in 1903.
Toolamba played in the Ardmona Central Junior Football Association, in 1923, finishing last in 7th position.
Toolamba won the 1930 Goulburn Valley Central Junior Football Association premiership
and celebrated with a premiership dance, with the hall decorated in the club's colours of black and white.
Toolamba played in Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association between 1931 and 1936. They happen to make it through to three consecutive grand finals in 1931, 1932 and 1933, but were runners up in each year.
