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Whirily, Victoria
Whirily is a locality in the local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a federated state, state, province, division (politica ... of the Shire of Buloke, Victoria, Australia. Whirily post office opened on 1 October 1912 and was closed on 1 October 1913. References {{authority control Shire of Buloke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Mildura
Mildura is an Victorian Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria and sits within the Northern Victoria electorate. It is a 37,529 km2 rural electorate in the far-north-west of the state, encompassing the regional towns of Hopetoun, Victoria, Hopetoun, Mildura, Victoria, Mildura, Ouyen, Victoria, Ouyen, Red Cliffs, Victoria, Red Cliffs and Robinvale, Victoria, Robinvale. Mildura was first proclaimed in 1927 and was, for most of its history, a safe seat for the rural conservative National Party of Australia – Victoria, Country Party, excluding two terms of Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor control from 1945 to 1947 and 1952–1955. In 1988, however, it became one of a number of rural seats to fall to the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), Liberal Party, with journalist Craig Bildstien winning the seat on Labor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Mallee
The Division of Mallee is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian Electoral Division in the States and territories of Australia, state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is located in the far north-west of the state, adjoining the border with South Australia in the west, and the Murray River (which forms the border with New South Wales) in the north. At , it is the largest Division in Victoria. It includes the centres of Mildura, Ouyen, Swan Hill, St Arnaud, Victoria, St Arnaud, Warracknabeal, Stawell, Victoria, Stawell, Horsham, Victoria, Horsham and Maryborough, Victoria, Maryborough. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne, Victoria
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birchip, Victoria
Birchip is a town in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia on the Sunraysia Highway north of Donald. The town is located in the Shire of Buloke local government area. At the , Birchip had a population of 694, down from the 2016 figure of 702. It has a P-12 school, and an Australian rules football club called Birchip-Watchem, also known as the Birchip-Watchem Bulls, or just the "Bulls". History A pastoral run was established in the region named ''Wirmburchep'' and when surveyed a parish was gazetted as ''Wirmbirchip''. Closer settlement began in the area by then known as around 1882 and a Post Office under that name opened on 2 July 1883 (Birchip from 1 January 1890). The town was surveyed as Birchip in 1887 though known by the inhabitants by the original name for quite some years later. Birchip Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1983, though the court had not sat in Birchip since 1973. Birchip today The farms in the area typically grow wheat, barley, canola, and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan Hill, Victoria
Swan Hill is a List of cities in Australia, city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River, Victoria, Loddon River. At the , Swan Hill had a population of 11,508. History The area was given its current name by explorer Thomas Mitchell (explorer), Thomas Mitchell, while camping beside a hill on 21 June 1836. The European community grew up around a punt (boat), punt river crossing, which was established as early as 1846. This crossing serviced the growing agricultural area, and was the only river crossing for 100 km. The Post Office opened here on 1 February 1849. In 1853 Francis Cadell (explorer), Francis Cadell navigated the Murray river from its mouth in South Australia to Swan Hill in his paddle steamer, Lady Augusta. He arrived on 17 September 1853, narrowly beating William Randell of Mannum, who arrived 4 hours later in the PS Mary Ann. This demons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marlbed, Victoria
Marlbed is a locality in the Shire of Buloke The Shire of Buloke is a Local Government Areas of Victoria, local government area in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of and, in August 2021, had a population of 6,201. It i ..., Victoria, Australia. Marlbed post office opened on 1 August 1888, was renamed Jil Jil on 1 May 1911 and was closed on 31 January 1943. References {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jil Jil, Victoria
Jil Jil is a locality in the local government area of the Shire of Buloke, Victoria, Australia. The post office opened as Reseigh on 25 November 1924 and was closed on 1 March 1929. See also * List of reduplicated Australian place names These names are examples of reduplication, a common theme in Australian toponymy, especially in names derived from Indigenous Australian languages such as Wiradjuri language, Wiradjuri. Reduplication is often used as an intensifier such as "Wag ... References {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nullawil, Victoria
Nullawil is a town in Victoria, Australia, located approximately from the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Nullawil had a population of 92. It is thought that the name of the settlement derives from two Aboriginal words: "nulla", meaning killing stick, and "wil", from "willock", meaning galah. The railway came to Nullawil in March 1895, when the line was extended from Wycheproof Wycheproof is a town in the centre of the Shire of Buloke, in north western Victoria, Australia. As of the , it had a population of 610. History The name "Wycheproof" originates from an Aboriginal word meaning 'grass on a hill', referring to ... to Sea Lake. Passenger services ceased in May 1977. The post office opened on 26 April 1897. Gallery File:Nullawil General Store.JPG, General store, 2012 File:Nullawil Park.JPG, Town park, 2012 File:Nullawil Roman Catholic Church 003.JPG, St Joseph's Catholic Church, 2012 References Towns in Victoria (state) {{Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karyrie, Victoria
Karyrie is a locality in the Shire of Buloke, Victoria, Australia. Karyrie had a station on the Mildura railway line The Mildura railway line is a heavy rail line in northwestern Victoria, Australia. The line runs from Yelta station to Ballarat station via the settlements of Mildura, Ouyen and Maryborough in an approximate south-southeasterly direction ... which is now closed between Kinnabulla station and Birchip station. The post office in the locality opened on 19 November 1892 and was closed on 15 November 1919. References {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumosa, Victoria
Dumosa is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 21 km from Wycheproof, Victoria. Dumosa was named after the tree White Mallee (Eucalyptus dumosa ''Eucalyptus dumosa'', commonly known as the white mallee, dumosa mallee, or Congoo mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to south eastern Australia. It usually has rough, flaky grey bark on the lower trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shap ...) which is common in the area. Dumosa Post Office opened on 6 July 1908 and closed in 1964. References Towns in Victoria (state) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narraport, Victoria
Narraport is a locality in the Shire of Buloke, Victoria, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... There is a rural CFA station in Narraport. History The post office there opened on 1 February 1879 and was closed on 29 February 1968. References Links1952 - Tyrell FL Seniors & Reserves Premiership Photos; Narraport FC {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
