Winton is a locality near
Benalla, Victoria
Benalla
is a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the the population was 10,822.
It is the administrative centr ...
,
Australia. The town of Winton was proclaimed on 25 February 1861. At the , Winton had a population of 108.
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It is located in the Glenrowan wine region within 50 km of some of the wineries of ]North East Victoria
North East Victoria is an Australian Geographical Indication for a wine zone in the Australian state of Victoria. It includes five named wine regions:
* Alpine Valleys
* Beechworth
* Glenrowan
* King Valley
* Rutherglen
Geography
The North E ...
, as well as being close to other local attractions including Glenrowan, the site of the famous Bushranger Ned Kelly
Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout wi ...
's last stand. It is home to the Winton Motor Raceway
Winton Motor Raceway is a motor racing track in Winton, near Benalla, Victoria, Australia.
History
The Benalla Auto Club began planning for a permanent racing track around 1958, as a replacement for their existing track at Barjarg. In 1960 i ...
.
It was named by district surveyor J.G.W. Wilmot, apparently after Winton, Cumbria
Winton is a village and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into ...
, where he was said to have been born.
References
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Towns in Central Hume
Rural City of Benalla
1861 establishments in Australia
Hume Highway
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