Meringur is a locality to the west of
Mildura
Mildura ( ) is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 at the 2021 census. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point, Merbein and Red ...
in northwestern
Victoria,
Australia
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. At the
2016 census, Meringur and the surrounding area had a population of 67 down from 128 in 2011.
It is located in the
Millewa
The Millewa is a region of north western Victoria (Australia), Victoria in Australia.
History
The County of Millewa was proclaimed in the area in the nineteenth century. In the 1960s the then dryland farming areas of Nangiloc, Victoria, Nangiloc a ...
region at the end of the Red Cliffs-Meringur Road towards the
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
n border.
The Post Office opened on 2 February 1926.
The railway opened in 1925, and the station had facilities to handle passengers, sheep and grain. The line was extended to
Morkalla in 1931, but the extension closed in 1965. The entire line was closed by 1988.
The Millewa Pioneer Forest and Historical Village
open-air museum
An open-air museum is a museum that exhibits collections of buildings and artifacts outdoors. It is also frequently known as a museum of buildings or a folk museum.
Definition
Open air is "the unconfined atmosphere ... outside buildings" ...
is in Meringur.
Meringur has an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
team competing in the
Millewa Football League
The Millewa Football League is an Australian rules football league with teams based in north-western Victoria, Australia, Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia.
The clubs are mostly based within the same area as the clubs in the ...
, although in recent years the team has been based in Mildura. It went into recess in 2011 due to lack of players but has since reformed.
References
External links
Mallee (Victoria)
Towns in Victoria (state)
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