One in a series of caches to highlight the many towns, villages, hamlets, localities and crossroads around Victoria, based on a series of caches in South Australia initiated by local SA cacher Adelaideram. Adelaideram was contacted and is happy with the series spreading its wings into Victoria.
Rainbow is a town in the Shire of Hindmarsh in northwest Victoria.
In 1899 the railway line was extended from Jeparit to the projected town site, Rainbow Rise, named after a crescent shaped sand dune covered with wildflowers in the shape of a rainbow. A post office opened on 2 July 1900 and town blocks in Rainbow were sold in October 1900. By 1910 the township was referred to as the Metropolis of the Mallee.
Rainbow was well known for its wheat. Silos still stand there and are visible from kilometres away. Many of the town's original settlers were of German descent and came across country from South Australia.
At the 2021 census, Rainbow had a population of 672.
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