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Euroa
Euroa is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie in the north-east of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 Census in Australia, census, Euroa's population was 3,116. The name Euroa comes from an Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal word in the old local dialect meaning 'joyful'. History Thomas Mitchell (explorer), Major T.L. Mitchell camped on the banks of the Seven Creeks at Euroa during his 1836 "Australia Felix" expedition. The Post Office opened on 1 January 1854 in the old town, as the township was settled. Euroa's claim to fame is that the National Bank was robbed by Ned Kelly in 1878. Much of the region's wealth once came from sheep but now it comes from horse studs. The Euroa Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1990. Heritage sites Euroa contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including: * 1 Binney Street: National Bank of Australasia Building * 90 Binney Street: Euroa Post Office * 99 Binney Street: Euroa Court House Geography Euroa is roughl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euroa Post Office
Euroa Post Office is a heritage-listed post office at 90 Binney Street, Euroa, Victoria, Australia. It was designed by John Thomas Kelleher of the state Public Works Department, possibly with the assistance of A. J. McDonald, and built in 1890 by George Diggle. It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 August 2012. History The first Euroa Post Office was opened by John De Boos on 1 January 1854 and a telegraph office was provided at the railway station in 1876, followed by a PO savings bank in 1878. The town's first permanent post office building, a new single-storey building constructed of polychrome brick, was constructed on the same site in 1883-4 by J. H. Brewer, however this burnt down on 23 February 1889. The current building, constructed of red face brick, was erected by builder George Diggle in 1890 for £1,300. It incorporated remnant brick walling from the original building into the rear ground floor areas. The original sub-treasury area at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euroa Railway Station
Euroa railway station is located on the North East railway line, North East line in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It serves the town of Euroa, the same name, and opened on 20 March 1873.Euroa Vicsig History Euroa station was opened with the line, and the first permanent station building was erected in 1878. The platform was initially long, and was extended to in 1900. A second platform, -long, once existed at Euroa, against the goods shed wall. It was in use between 1880 and 1904, and permitted the crossing of two passenger trains. An iron footbridge linked the two platforms between 1900 and 1904. The first lever frame for railway signal, signals was provided in 1885, and was made part of the station building in 1929. The track layout was altered in 1931, remaining in th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Euroa
The electoral district of Euroa is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia. It was created in the redistribution of electoral boundaries in 2013. It was a new district created due to the abolition of the districts of Seymour, Rodney and Benalla, taking in the areas to the north of these districts toward Shepparton. It includes the towns of Benalla, Violet Town, Euroa, Seymour, Heathcote, Nagambie, Rushworth and other towns in the Campaspe, Strathbogie, Benalla and Mitchell local government areas. After its formation, Euroa was classed as a safe Nationals seat, with a margin of 13.6%. In the 2014 state election, the first election at which the seat was contested, Stephanie Ryan won it for the Nationals, picking up an estimated swing in her favour, even as the Victorian Coalition A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Strathbogie
The Shire of Strathbogie is a Local government areas of Victoria, local government area in the Hume (region), Hume region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of and in August 2021 had a population of 11,455. It includes the towns of Avenel, Victoria, Avenel, Euroa, Victoria, Euroa, Longwood, Victoria, Longwood, Nagambie, Victoria, Nagambie, Strathbogie, Victoria, Strathbogie and Violet Town, Victoria, Violet Town. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of parts of the Shire of Euroa, Shire of Goulburn, Shire of Violet Town, Shire of McIvor and Rural City of Seymour. The Shire is governed and administered by the Strathbogie Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Euroa, it also has service centres located in Nagambie and Violet Town. The Shire is named after the major geographical feature in the region, the Strathbogie Ranges, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hume Highway
The Hume Highway, including the sections now known as the Hume Freeway and the Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route from Sydney's outskirts to Melbourne's outskirts to dual carriageway was completed on 7 August 2013. From north to south, the road is called the Hume Highway in metropolitan Sydney, the Hume Motorway between the Cutler Interchange and Berrima, the Hume Highway elsewhere in New South Wales and the Hume Freeway in Victoria. It is part of the Auslink National Network and is a vital link for road freight to transport goods to and from the two cities as well as serving Albury–Wodonga and Canberra. It is therefore considered to be Australia's longest highway in terms of its dual-carriageway standard retaining the M, or motorway, alphanumeric. Route At its Sydney end, Hume Highway begins at Parramatta Road, in Ashfield. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Kelly
Edward Kelly (December 185411 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader, bank robber and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing armour of the Kelly gang, a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police. Kelly was born and raised in rural Colony of Victoria, Victoria, the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a Convicts in Australia, transported convict, died in 1866, leaving Kelly, then aged 12, as the eldest male of the household. The Kellys were a poor selection (Australian history), selector family who saw themselves as downtrodden by the squattocracy and as victims of persecution by the Victoria Police. While a teenager, Kelly was arrested for associating with bushranger Harry Power and served two prison terms for a variety of offences, the longest stretch being from 1871 to 1874. He later joined the "Greta, Victoria, Greta Mob", a group of Australian bush, bush larrik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division Of Indi
The Division of Indi ( ) is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in the states and territories of Australia, state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The division is located in the north-east of the state, adjoining the border with New South Wales. The largest settlements in the division are the regional cities of Wodonga, Wangaratta, and Benalla. Other towns in the electorate include Rutherglen, Victoria, Rutherglen, Mansfield, Victoria, Mansfield, Beechworth, Myrtleford, Bright, Victoria, Bright, Alexandra, Victoria, Alexandra, Tallangatta, Corryong and a number of other small villages (including the ski resort of Falls Creek, Victoria, Falls Creek). While Indi is one of the largest electorates in Victoria, much of it is located within the largely uninhabited Australian Alps. While Wodonga serves as a regional hub for much of the more heavily populated northern part of the electorate, the southern part is closer to Melbourne th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longwood, Victoria
Longwood is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area, from the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Longwood had a population of 263. History Longwood was first located on the old Sydney to Melbourne Highway (in the paddocks at Fred Tubb's farm) serving as a staging post for the horse-drawn coaches. The town moved east by around 4 km when the railway was built and a station established at Longwood. The Post Office opened on 1 July 1852 and the office named Longwood Railway Station opened in 1881. Longwood was later renamed Longwood East and Longwood Railway Station was renamed to Longwood. The town and surrounding countryside was the scene of a devastating bushfire on 17 January 1965. Seven people died fleeing the flames in a car. The Longwood Football Club was formed in April 1888 and still operates to this day. The team once known as the Bullants is now known as the Redlegs,and have competed in the Kya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagambie, Victoria
Nagambie is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The city is on the Goulburn Valley Freeway north of Seymour and in the Shire of Strathbogie. In the , Nagambie had a population of 2,254. History The Nagambie Region is in the traditional lands of the Taungurung people, who are the first inhabitants of the rivers, valleys and mountains in this region. The Taungurung lived according to the natural cycles and rhythms of the land, moving through their country seasonally, occupying the more cooler mountain areas in summer and autumn and the tributaries of the Goulburn River in winter and spring. Prior to the building of the Goulburn Weir, the Goulburn River at Nagambie was the site of several lagoons which, along with nearby Reedy Lake, provided an ideal camping place for the Taungurung people. The river, and its associated tributaries and wetlands, provided an abundance of food resources. Emus, kangaroos, possums and wombats were hunted by Taungurung f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenel, Victoria
Avenel is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie, Victoria, Australia. At the , Avenel had a population of 1,112, up from 1048 at the , 728 at the and 552 at the . History The Post Office opened on 2 June 1858. It is frequently stated as having been named for a village in Gloucestershire by Henry Kent Hughes. The name "Avenel" also appears in Sir Walter Scott's '' Tales from Benedictine Sources'': ''The Monastery'' (1820) and '' The Abbot'' (1820) as the name of a castle and family, that own it. Hughes settled there in 1838, laid out the future town, and named the Hughes Creek, which flows through it. The Avenel Court of Petty Sessions closed on 25 March 1969, with the former courthouse subsequently being used by local community groups. Avenel was the hometown of Ned Kelly in his younger years, where he saved a boy from drowning in the local Hughes Creek. His brother and father are buried in the Avenel cemetery. Kelly and his family went to school in Avenel. The Hume High ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North East Railway Line
The North East railway line is a railway line in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. The line runs from Southern Cross railway station on the western edge of the Melbourne Melbourne City Centre, central business district to Albury railway station in the border settlement of Albury-Wodonga, serving the cities of Wangaratta and Seymour, Victoria, Seymour, and smaller towns in northeastern Victoria. The railway line is both standard gauge and 5 ft 3 in gauge railways, broad gauge. It originally was built as broad gauge the entire length, but another track was built as standard gauge between and , with construction of the standard gauge track commencing in November 1959 and completed in January 1962, completing the Sydney–Melbourne rail corridor, Sydney-Melbourne standard gauge railway. Between 2008 and 2010, the broad gauge track between Seymour and Albury was finally converted to be the line's second standard gauge track. The original section between Southern Cross and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goulburn Valley
The Goulburn Valley is a sub-region, part of the Hume region of the Australian state of Victoria. The sub-region consists of those areas in the catchment of the Goulburn River and other nearby streams, and is part of the Murray-Darling Basin. The Goulburn Valley is bordered on the south by the Great Dividing Range and to the north by the Murray River, the state border with New South Wales. The sub-region is one of Australia's most productive and intensively farmed areas and is predominantly irrigated. Major regional centres of the Goulburn Valley are Shepparton, Seymour, Echuca, Benalla, Yarrawonga and Kyabram. History Aboriginal groups inhabited the Goulburn Valley region prior to European settlement. In the central Goulburn around Nagambie, the traditional owners were the Natrakboolok, Ngooraialum or Thagungwurung tribes. Downstream, at Shepparton, the area was inhabited by the Yorta Yorta people. The Taungurung people are the traditional owners and inhabitants of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
