Kotupna is a locality in northern
Victoria
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, Australia in the
local government area
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of the
Shire of Moira
Moira Shire Council is a Local Government Area in the Northern Victoria Region of Victoria, Australia. Located in the north-east part of the state, it covers an area of . As at August 2021 the population was 30,522.
It includes the towns of C ...
.
History
In 1840, the Kotupna Run was an area of 118,000 acres near the Goulburn Weir, which then cut across the Broken Creek, with the south boundary on the bank of the Goulburn River. The Kotupna Run was between the Murray and Goulburn Rivers and was intersected by a number of creeks.
In a letter to The Argus newspaper, in August 1866, the owner of the Kotupna Run, Mr E Locke writes that - "When a very young man I held a large tract of country, called in the native language, Kotorpna (now wrongly spelled Kotupna), extending nearly across the angle formed by the Goulburn and Murray Rivers".
The post office opened on 17 October 1881, and closed on 30 June 1993.
As early as 1878, the Bridge Hotel, Kotupna was mentioned in an article about the Annual Hotel Licensing Meeting.
Sport and Recreation
The Kotupna Football Club was an
Australian Rules
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football club and was established in 1896 and they played in the following competitions -
*1897 - Murray River District Football Association
*1898 - 1899: Nathalia & District Football Association
*1900 - 1903: Barmah Central Football Association Kotupna were unbeaten premiers in 1903.
*1904 - Nathalia & District Football Association
*1905 - 1915: Western & Moira Ridings Football Association
*1916 - 1918: In recess due to
World War One
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*1919 - 1933?: Western & Moira Ridings Football Association
*1934 - 1935:
Picola & District Football League
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The league covers a large area of northern Victoria (state), Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Jerild ...
The club won two Western & Moira Ridings Football Association premierships in 1911 and 1923 and were runner up in 1924.
Kotupna were also runner up in 1898
in the Nathalia & District Football Association.
References
External links
Towns in Victoria (state)
Shire of Moira
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