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. 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 {{Hume-geo-stub