Carwarp, Victoria

Carwarp is a locality in Victoria, Australia, approximately 36 km from Mildura, Victoria. Carwarp was the home town of Percy Stewart,[3] a founding member of the Victorian Farmers Union, from which the Country Party (now National Party of Australia) emerged.[4] Stewart served in both the Victorian Legislative Assembly, where he represented the electoral district of Mildura, and in the federal parliament for the Australian House of Representatives electorate of Wimmera. Another parliamentarian from Carwarp was Albert Allnutt, who represented the electoral district of Mildura in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1927 until 1945.[5]

Carwarp Victoria
Carwarp
Coordinates	34.467°S 142.20°E
Population	70 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3494
Location	514 km (319 mi) from Melbourne 36 km (22 mi) from Mildura 72 km (45 mi) from Ouyen 19 km (12 mi) from Red Cliffs [2]
LGA(s)	Rural City of Mildura
State electorate(s)	Mildura
Federal Division(s)	Mallee
Localities around Carwarp: Koorlong Red Cliffs Iraak Merrinee Carwarp Nangiloc Murray-Sunset Hattah Colignan

Carwarp is the proposed location for the Mildura Solar Concentrator Power Station.

The Post Office opened on 17 November 1913 and closed in 1992.[6]

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Carwarp (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
2. Travelmate Archived 25 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
3. http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1464
4. Colin Cleary (2009), Carwarp, Community, Politicians and the Wanderers: A Social History of a Special Mallee Town, Epsom (Victoria), pp. 12–13
5. http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=864
6. Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008