Pyalong is a town in central Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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. The town is located on the Northern Highway

Northern Highway

thumb|left|200px|The Northern Highway B75, through Heathcote, Rochester and EchucaThe Northern Highway is a secondary highway in northern Victoria. Along with the M/A79 Calder Highway and the M/A39 Goulburn Valley Highway , it provides primary arterial links in the region...

, in the Shire of Mitchell Local Government Area, 97 kilometres (60.3 mi) from the state capital, Melbourne

Melbourne

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. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, Pyalong had a population of 269.

History

The first Europeans to settle in the area were Alexander Mollison and his brothers who took up the Pyalong station lease in 1838. The town itself was surveyed and proclaimed in 1854, and was sufficiently populated for the Post Office to open on 1 November 1858.

Pyalong was connected by railway in 1890. The line was closed in 1968.