Leitchville

Overview

Leitchville’s major industry is dairy production

Leitchville is known as the Community of Unity. Leitchville’s community spirit has been evident in the towns triumph in forming a community bank and rural transaction centre.

History

The Leitchville district is named after the manager of the Gunbower station, Duncan Leitch. The township was gazetted in 1929 and is only a few kilometres from Kow Swamp which, in the 1960s, yielded a huge amount of fossiled evidence that there were at least two physically distinct Aboriginal races extant in Australia during the last Ice Age.

Places of interest

Kow Swamp
Cockatoo Lagoon
Longmore Lagoon

Accommodation

Visitors will receive a warm welcome from the motel, caravan park or hotel/motel in Cohuna located nearby and all are located close to shops and other facilities.

For futher information please contact:

Gannawarra Shire Council
Telephone: 03 5450 9333
Website: Gannawarra Shire accommodation

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