Mywee

Mywee (signifying "a well") is a locality in northern Victoria, Australia. It is in the local government area of Shire of Moira. Mywee was also known as "Sheepwash Creek".

Mywee Victoria
Mywee Primary School, now a closed site and formerly a school.
Mywee
Coordinates	35°50′48″S 145°29′46″E
Population	14 [1] (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	3641
LGA(s)	Shire of Moira
State electorate(s)	Shepparton
Federal division(s)	Nicholls
Localities around Mywee: Ulupna Finley (NSW) Tocumwal (NSW) Strathmerton Mywee Koonoomoo Strathmerton Strathmerton Koonoomoo

There is a closed railway station named Mywee Railway Station on the Tocumwal Railway Line.^[2] Mywee post office opened on 1 November 1911, and closed on 30 September 1974.^[3][4]

Mywee state school now closed, opened 1894 and rebuilt July 10, 1944.^[5][6][7][8]

References

1. "2016 Mywee, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
2. "DISTRICT INTELLIGENCE". Numurkah Leader. No. 578. Victoria, Australia. 22 December 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 6 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia. ,...The Railway Department has just had passenger and goods platforms erected at the Mywee siding...The long promised new school for Sheepwash Creek (Mywee) is still conspicuous by its absence...
3. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 23 March 2021
4. Mywee Post Office [Undated], 1901, retrieved 6 August 2019
5. "MYWEE". Numurkah Leader. No. 2783. Victoria, Australia. 25 July 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 6 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "Numurkah Districts Early History: The Mywee State School: Article No. 109". Numurkah Leader. No. 2880. Victoria, Australia. 24 June 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 6 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia. , ...Mywee State-school, bears the number 3200, and it was opened on 5/6/1894...When the railway siding was built the name Mywee, signifying "a well, was given to it...
7. Farrall, Evelyn; Back-to-Mywee School Committee (Vic.) (1983), The story of Mywee school, Back-to-Mywee SC, retrieved 6 August 2019
8. Mywee (Primary School No. 3200; previously known as Mywee Railway Station and Sheepwash Creek); Department of Education (1983), School Records, Public Record Office Victoria, retrieved 6 August 2019{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

Media related to Mywee, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons