The County of Bogong is one of the 37

counties of Victoria Cadastral divisions in Victoria are called counties, which are further subdivided into parishes and townships, for cadastral or land administration purposes. Cadastral divisions of county, parish and township form the basis for formal identifica ...

which are part of the

cadastral divisions of Australia Lands administrative divisions of Australia are the cadastral divisions of Australia for the purposes of identification of land to ensure security of land ownership. Most states term these divisions as counties, parishes, hundreds, and other ...

, used for land titles. It is located south of the Murray River, east of the Ovens River, and west of the

Mitta Mitta River Mitta Mitta River, a perennial stream, perennial river and a direct tributary of the Murray River within the Murray–Darling basin, is located in the Victorian Alps, alpine district of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The name Mitta ...

Mount Bogong Mount Bogong, , located in the Alpine National Park and part of the Victorian Alps of the Great Dividing Range, is the highest mountain in Victoria, Australia, at above sea level. The Big River separates the massif of the mountain from ...

is located there, the highest mountain in Victoria. The county was proclaimed in 1871.

Origin of the name

Bogong moth is a native

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. This was once considered a delicacy by the aborigines who collected the dormant larvae and cooked them. A town, Bogong, in the state of Victoria has been named after the

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

.Physical Map of Australia, special advertising feature of Australia.com on pg 16, National Geographic magazine, May 2006, Washington DC

Parishes

Parishes A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

within the county: * Barambogie, Victoria * Baranduda, Victoria * Barnawartha North, Victoria *

Barnawartha South, Victoria Barnawartha is a small town located on the Hume Highway in regional north-east Victoria, Australia, approximately from Melbourne on the banks of Indigo Creek which runs into the Murray River to the north. Barnawartha commercial centre is located ...

Barwidgee, Victoria Barwidgee (formerly known as Barwidgee Creek) is a rural locality in northeast Victoria, Australia. The nearest town to Barwidgee is Myrtleford about 5.44 km away. Barwidgee is within Alpine Shire The Alpine Shire is a local government ar ...

* Beechworth, Victoria * Beethang, Victoria *

Belvoir West, Victoria Belvoir (french: beautiful view, link=no; and counterpart of ''fairview'') may refer to: France *Belvoir, Doubs, France, a commune **Belvoir Castle ( in French; 12th-17th century) in the commune Israel *Belvoir Castle (Israel), a Crusader (Hospit ...

* Bingo-Munjie, Victoria * Bingo-Munjie North, Victoria * Bingo-Munjie South, Victoria * Bogong North, Victoria * Bogong South, Victoria * Bolga, Victoria * Bonegilla, Victoria * Bontherambo, Victoria * Boorgunyah, Victoria *

Boorhaman, Victoria Boorhaman is a locality in north east Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Rural City of Wangaratta, north east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Boorhaman had a population of 126. There is a state forest near Boorhaman on the Ove ...

* Bright, Victoria * Brimin, Victoria * Bruarong, Victoria * Bundara-Munjie, Victoria * Byawatha, Victoria * Carlyle, Victoria * Carraragarmungee, Victoria * Carruno, Victoria * Chiltern, Victoria * Chiltern West, Victoria * Darbalang, Victoria *

Dederang, Victoria Dederang is a town in north east Victoria. The town is located on the Kiewa Valley Highway, in the Alpine Shire Local government in Australia, 329 kilometres from the state capital, Melbourne. Dederang is located in the Kiewa River valley. At ...

* Dorchap, Victoria * El Dorado, Victoria * Estcourt, Victoria * Everton, Victoria * Freeburgh, Victoria * Gooramadda, Victoria *

Gundowring, Victoria Gundowring is a locality in north east Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the Shire of Indigo local government area, north east of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capi ...

* Harrietville, Victoria * Hotham, Victoria *

Kergunyah, Victoria Kergunyah is a locality in north eastern Victoria. The locality is on the Kiewa Valley Highway, north east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census Kergunyah had a population of 215. The town is a centre for (mainly) dairy farms and ...

* Kergunyah North, Victoria * Lilliput, Victoria * Lochiel, Victoria * Ludrik-Munjie, Victoria * Magorra, Victoria * Mudgeegonga, Victoria * Mullagong, Victoria * Mullindolingong, Victoria * Murmungee, Victoria * Murramurrangbong, Victoria * Myrtleford, Victoria * Noorongong, Victoria * Norong, Victoria * Nowyeo, Victoria * Omeo, Victoria *

Porepunkah, Victoria Porepunkah is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia on the Great Alpine Road, at the foot of Mount Buffalo northeast of the state capital, Melbourne and northwest of Bright. It is part of Alpine Shire local government area and on the banks of ...

* Stanley, Victoria * Tallandoon, Victoria *

Tangambalanga, Victoria Tangambalanga , or Tangam for short, is a town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. It is approximately south-east of the regional centre of Wodonga, in the Kiewa Valley, and from the Hume Weir. The residential district located near the int ...

Tarrawingee, Victoria Tarrawingee is a town in north eastern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Rural City of Wangaratta local government area, north east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tarrawingee and the surrounding area had a population of ...

* Tawanga, Victoria * Theddora, Victoria * Tongaro, Victoria * Undowah, Victoria * Wallaby, Victoria * Wangaratta North, Victoria * Wermatong, Victoria *

Wodonga, Victoria Wodonga ( Waywurru: ''Wordonga'') is a city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA. Its population is approximately 3 ...

* Wollonaby, Victoria * Woorragee, Victoria * Woorragee North, Victoria *

Yackandandah, Victoria Yackandandah is a small tourist town in northeast Victoria, Australia. It is near the regional cities of Wodonga and Albury, and is close to the tourist town of Beechworth. At the , Yackandandah had a population of 2,008. History The indigeno ...

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Vicnames, place name detailsResearch aids, Victoria 1910

Origin of the name

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