Donald, Victoria
Donald is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Richardson River, at the junction of Sunraysia Highway and Borung Highway, in the Shire of Buloke. The town is named after William Donald, a Scottish pastoralist who was the first settler in the area in 1844. At the 2006 census Donald had a population of 1,697.
The earliest township was known as Richardson Bridge until surveyed as Donald in 1866. The Donald Post Office opened on 1 August 1870 replacing that of nearby Mount Jeffcott which had operated since 1860. The town grew steadily boosted by the closer settlement of the surrounding countryside and the arrival of the railway in 1882.
Donald has a local newspaper called the Buloke Times which is published each Tuesday and Friday.
On 26 September 2006, Donald was the scene of the Borung Highway collision in which seven people died.
Donald has been the victim of floods three times in the last year, with the most severe in January 2011. Major floods also occurred in August 1909, 1918, 1956, 1975 and 1992.
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