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==History== [[File:Seven Creeks Park Euroa.jpg|thumb|Seven Creeks Park Euroa]] [[Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|Major T.L. Mitchell]] camped on the banks of the [[Seven Creeks]] at Euroa during his 1836 "[[Australia Felix]]" expedition. The Post Office opened on 1 January 1854 in the old town, as the township was settled.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Euroa* | access-date = 25 February 2021}}</ref> Euroa's claim to fame is that the National Bank was robbed by [[Ned Kelly]] in 1878. Much of the region's wealth once came from [[sheep]] but now it comes from horse studs. The Euroa Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1990.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/committees/lawrefrom/legal_services/final_report.pdf | title=Review of Legal Services in Rural and Regional Victoria | publisher=Parliament of Victoria Law Reform Committee | date=May 2001 | access-date=12 April 2020 |pages=291β292}}</ref> ===Heritage sites=== Euroa contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 1 Binney Street: National Bank of Australasia Building<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/2441 | title=Former National Bank | publisher=Heritage Council of Victoria | work=Victorian Heritage Database (Victorian Heritage Register) | access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref> * 90 Binney Street: [[Euroa Post Office]]<ref name=ahd-106201>{{cite AHD|106201|Euroa Post Office|fn=2/07/235/0009|access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref> * 99 Binney Street: Euroa Court House<ref>{{cite web | url=https://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/440 | title=Euroa Court House | publisher=Heritage Council of Victoria | work=Victorian Heritage Database (Victorian Heritage Register) | access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
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