Yalca

Yalca is a rural district in north-central Victoria, 50 km east of Echuca and 15 km north-east of Nathalia. Yalca North is on the Murray Valley Highway.

It is thought that the name Yalca derived from an Aboriginal word describing the meeting of muddy with clear waters.

Settlement activity at Yalca occurred during the late 1870s with both farm selections and timber harvesting for railways. The Yalca cemetery was gazetted in 1879, and three schools carrying the name Yalca were opened during 1880-87. A Wesleyan church was opened in 1881.