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Numurkah, Victoria
Numurkah ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Goulburn Valley Highway, north of Shepparton, in the Shire of Moira. At the , Numurkah had a population of 4,768. History The area was occupied by the Yorta Yorta people prior to European settlement. Squatters moved into the area from NSW in the late 1830s. After the pastoral runs were made available for farm selection, the township of Numurkah was surveyed in 1875, the Post Office opening 2 November 1878. The local railway station was opened on the Goulburn Valley railway in 1881, but has not seen any passenger services since 1993 when the train to Cobram was withdrawn. The station building remains in private ownership, and a footbridge crosses the line. Numurkah became the headquarters of the Murray Valley Soldier Settlement Area - one of the largest soldier settlements in Australia - after World War I. Under this scheme 700 ex-servicemen were given land to develop for agriculture. The name is thought to be d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Shepparton
The electoral district of Shepparton is a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council. The electoral district of Shepparton covers an area of 3,289 square kilometres. Shepparton includes the country towns of Ardmona, Barmah, Congupna, Dookie, Katunga, Kialla, Mooroopna, Nathalia, Picola, Shepparton, Strathmerton, Tallygaroopna, Tatura and Toolamba. The district also includes the Barmah National Park. It is a rich agricultural area with orchards, vineyards and dairy farms. Much of the electorate is an important irrigation area served by water from the Main East Goulburn Channel. The rest of the land is used for pasture, fodder crops and cattle and sheep grazing. Shepparton was held by the National/Country Party from its creation in 1945 until 2014, although it was abolished for a twelve-year period between 1955 and 1967. The current member is National Kim O'Keeffe, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numurkah Railway Station, Victoria
Numurkah is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway line in the town of Numurkah, Victoria, Australia. History The station opened as the terminus of the railway from Shepparton on 1 September 1881 The line was extended north to Strathmerton and Cobram Cobram is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the admi ... in October 1888, as well as a short distance west to Nathalia, Victoria, Nathalia. The latter line was extended to Picola, Victoria, Picola in 1896, as the Picola line, with the junction located to the north of the station, at the down end. New station buildings were opened on 29 May 1969, and were refurbished in 1985. Passenger services beyond the station to Cobram were discontinued in 1981, as part of the New Deal (railway), New Deal timetable, but were resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pteropus Poliocephalus
The grey-headed flying fox (''Pteropus poliocephalus'') is a megabat native to Australia. The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ... ''Pteropus'': the little red ''Pteropus scapulatus, P. scapulatus'', spectacled ''Pteropus conspicillatus, P. conspicillatus'', and the black ''Pteropus alecto, P. alecto''. The grey-headed flying fox is the largest bat in Australia. The grey-headed flying fox is endemic to the south-eastern forested areas of Australia, principally east of the Great Dividing Range. Its range extends approximately from Bundaberg, Queensland, Bundaberg in Queensland to Geelong, Victoria, Geelong in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with outlying colonies in Ingham, Queensland, Ingham and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
