Taradale (Vic.)
- Local Government Area
- Mount Alexander
- Population
- 524
- Area
- 47.96 km²
- Coordinates
- -37.1413, 144.3491
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Taradale (Vic.)
Taradale is a small historic town in the Goldfields region of central Victoria, situated beside the Calder Highway approximately 18 kilometres south-east of Castlemaine and 47 kilometres south-east of Bendigo. Established during the gold rush of the 1850s, the town takes its name from Tarradale House in Scotland, the birthplace of geologist Sir Roderick Murchison. The Taradale Viaduct, designed by William Bryson and built between 1858 and 1862, carries the railway 36 metres above Back Creek and is one of Victoria's notable heritage structures.
Nearby localities
- Malmsbury 6 km
- Drummond North 7 km
- Fryerstown 8 km
- Elphinstone (Vic.) 8 km
- Chewton Bushlands 9 km
- Chewton 9 km