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词条 Dooen, Victoria
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  1. Communications

  2. Transport

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox Australian place | type = town
| name = Dooen
| state = vic
| image =
| caption =
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|36|40|S|142|17|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position =right
| lga = Rural City of Horsham
| postcode = 3401
| est =
| pop = 544
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2006}}
| pop_footnotes = [1]
| elevation=
| maxtemp =
| mintemp =
| rainfall =
| stategov = Lowan
| fedgov = Mallee
| dist1 = 311
| dir1 = NW
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 9
| dir2 = NW
| location2= Horsham
}}Dooen is a small town situated in the Wimmera region, Western Victoria, Australia. The Henty Highway between Mildura and Portland passes through the tiny town. At the 2006 census, Dooen and the surrounding area had a population of 544.[1]

Dooen Post Office opened on 1 September 1877 and closed in 1982.[2]

The Old Dooen pub is one of the few remaining occupied buildings and is popular amongst the agricultural students of Longerenong College. The Dooen School closed in 1994, the Dooen Hall is all that remains on the site.{{citation needed|date=July 2007}}

Communications

The ABC Western Victoria transmitter at Dooen, named 594 3WV, was built in 1936. The mast is 201 metres tall and the transmitter generates 50 kilowatts of energy, with only 13 other more powerful broadcast towers in Australia. The lattice work at the top of the mast is 19 metres in diameter.[3]{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}

Transport

The Wimmera Intermodal Freight Terminal (aka inland port) opened on the Western standard gauge line at Dooen in August 2012. By 2014 over 700 ISO containers were moving through the terminal each week, on one of nine weekly intermodal trains between Melbourne and Dooen.[4]

References

1. ^{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC25495 |name=Dooen (State Suburb)|accessdate=2007-08-15|quick=on}}
2. ^{{Citation | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }}
3. ^http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2012/02/12/3428813.htm?site=centralvic
4. ^{{Cite web| title = Wimmera Intermodal Freight Terminal up and running| work = The Wimmera Mail-Times| author = ERIN McFADDEN| date = 10 Jan 2014| accessdate = 2016-11-25| url = http://www.mailtimes.com.au/story/2013484/wimmera-intermodal-freight-terminal-up-and-running/| quote = }}

External links

{{Towns in the Rural City of Horsham}}{{Wimmera}}{{VictoriaAU-geo-stub}}

1 : Towns in Victoria (Australia)

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