Old Tallangatta | |
State: | vic |
Type: | town |
Lga: | Shire of Towong |
Coordinates: | -36.1947°N 147.2525°W |
Use Lga Map: | yes |
Postcode: | 3701 |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pop: | 35 |
Stategov: | Benambra |
Fedgov: | Indi |
Dist1: | 372 |
Dir1: | NE |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 50 |
Dir2: | E |
Location2: | Wodonga |
Dist3: | 8 |
Dir3: | E |
Location3: | Tallangatta |
Old Tallangatta is a locality in north-east Victoria, Australia. It is in the Shire of Towong local government area, at the upper end of the Mitta Arm of Lake Hume, near the confluence of the Mitta Mitta River and Tallangatta Creek, 372km (231miles) north-east of the state capital, Melbourne.
It is the original site of Tallangatta. In 1956, the town was relocated to a new site on higher ground 8km (05miles) away, to allow for an increase in the height of the Hume Dam, which resulted in a nine metre rise[1] in the level of the water in Lake Hume.[2] Some people still live in the part of Old Tallangatta that was above the new high-water mark.[2] At the, Old Tallangatta had a population of 35.