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Rathdowney is the small hub of the surrounding rural community.
 Facilities:
- Bowls Club
- Caravan Park
- Casualty Centre with Ambulance
- Churches – Anglican, Catholic, Uniting
- Community Hall
- Hotel/Motel
- Memorial Grounds (Sports Grounds)
- Mobile Library (Thursday afternoons only – Collins Street)
- Newsagency
- Police Station
- Post Office
- Primary School and Pre-School
- Service Station
- Swimming Pool
- Take Away Food Shop
- Tourist Information Centre & Historical Museum
- as well as many Sporting Clubs and other community organisations
Its beginnings revolve around dairying and the timber industry.
 'Rathdowney' was the name of the property that was settled by
Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior in 1876. John Collins & Sons purchased Rathdowney in 1884; the township being developed about 1910.
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