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Picola
Picola is a town in the Shire of Moira in northern Victoria, Australia. At the , Picola had a population of 206. History The name Picola is thought to derive from an Aboriginal word for either rushing water or an Aboriginal sub-group. During the 1800s, the towns of Picola and Nathalia competed for farmland selection. Picola was close to the coach route from Echuca to Tocumwal and had a general store, a Union Church and a primary school which was established in 1879. However, Picola fell behind, likely due to its lack of a substantial watercourse compared to Nathalia's position on the Broken Creek. Picola Post Office opened on 24 August 1878 and closed in late 2010. The Australia Post outlet was then taken over by the Picola Hotel, until early 2011. On 15 December 1896, the railway line was extended from Nathalia to Picola. It closed on 8 December 1986. It was used to transport wheat, livestock and red gum from the Barmah National Park. The town was once known as 'the hook' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picola Hall
Picola is a town in the Shire of Moira in northern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. At the , Picola had a population of 206. History The name Picola is thought to derive from an Aboriginal word for either rushing water or an Aboriginal sub-group. During the 1800s, the towns of Picola and Nathalia, Victoria, Nathalia competed for farmland Selection (Australian history), selection. Picola was close to the coach route from Echuca to Tocumwal and had a general store, a Union Church (Australia), Union Church and a primary school which was established in 1879. However, Picola fell behind, likely due to its lack of a substantial watercourse compared to Nathalia's position on the Broken Creek. Picola Post Office opened on 24 August 1878 and closed in late 2010. The Australia Post outlet was then taken over by the Picola Hotel, until early 2011. On 15 December 1896, the railway line was extended from Nathalia to Picola. It closed on 8 December 1986. It was used to transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picola West, Victoria
Picola West is a locality in northern Victoria, Australia in the local government area 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 .... The Post office opened on 15 March 1886, and closed on 30 June 1971. References Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of Moira {{Hume-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotupna, Victoria
Kotupna is a locality in northern Victoria, Australia in the local government area of the Shire of Moira. 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 football club and was establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalia, Victoria
Nathalia ( ) is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located within the Shire of Moira local government area on the banks of Broken Creek and on the Murray Valley Highway. At the 2021 census, Nathalia had a population of 1,982. History Prior to European settlement, the area around Nathalia was occupied by the Yorta Yorta people. In 1838, Charles Sturt was the first European to explore the area, following the Murray River downstream. The squatter, W.J Locke established Kotupna station on the future site of Nathalia in 1843. The station was broken up for closer settlement in 1869. A selector, Richard Blake took up the townsite in 1875 and established a sawmill and flour mill soon after. Hotels, a post office (opened on 7 September 1878), schools and churches followed and Nathalia was officially gazetted as a village in 1880. The railway arrived in 1888, allowing local production to increase and a butter factory was established in 1895. The Nathalia Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Moira, Victoria
Lower Moira is a locality in northern Victoria, Australia. The locality is in the south-west part of Shire of Moira. Lower Moira is mostly farmland. To the west is the New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ... border.LGA. Map ''http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/104571/Moira_V45.pdf'' The post office there opened in 1902, closed in 1930, reopened on 12 September 1938 and closed on 19 February 1953. References Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of Moira {{Hume-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barmah, Victoria
Barmah is a town in the state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Barmah has the distinction of being located north of the border with the state of New South Wales. New South Wales is north of Victoria, with the border being the westward-flowing Murray River. However, just downstream of Barmah the Murray winds to the south and east for a short distance before resuming its westward course. The land within this length of river results in a small part of New South Wales being to the south of the Victorian town. Barmah is near the largest Eucalyptus camaldulensis, river red gum forest in the world. The Barmah National Park is on the floodplain of the Murray River, and when it floods is an important breeding ground for Murray cod. The flood is enhanced by the geological features of the riverbed, as the channel narrows at an area known as the ''Barmah choke''. The Barmah Forest is listed under the Ramsar Convention for wetlands and, with various state forests in New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Cobram, Nathalia, Numurkah, Tungamah and Yarrawonga. It was formed in 1994 from the amalgamation of the Shire of Cobram, Shire of Nathalia, Shire of Numurkah, and parts of the Shire of Tungamah and Shire of Yarrawonga. The Shire is governed and administered by the Moira Shire Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Cobram, it also has a service centre located in Yarrawonga. The Shire is named after the county of Moira, of which the LGA occupies the northern part. Council Current composition The council is composed of nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. In the wake of a report detailing the "preventable" murder of a senior manager, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yielima, Victoria
Yielima is a locality in northern Victoria, Australia in the local government area of the Shire of Moira. The New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ... border is to the north of the locality. References Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of Moira {{Hume-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Shepparton
The electoral district of Shepparton is a rural Victorian Legislative Assembly, Lower House electoral district of the Parliament of Victoria, Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Victorian Legislative Council, Legislative Council. The electoral district of Shepparton covers an area of 3,289 square kilometres. Shepparton includes the country towns of Ardmona, Victoria, Ardmona, Barmah, Congupna, Dookie, Victoria, Dookie, Katunga, Kialla, Mooroopna, Victoria, Mooroopna, Nathalia, Picola, Shepparton, Strathmerton, Tallygaroopna, Victoria, Tallygaroopna, Tatura, Victoria, Tatura and Toolamba. The district also includes the Barmah National Park. It is a rich agricultural area with orchards, vineyards and dairy farms. Much of the electorate is an important irrigation area served by water from the Main East Goulburn Channel. The rest of the land is used for pasture, fodder crops and cattle and sheep grazing. Shepparton was held by the Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tocumwal
Tocumwal ( ) is a town in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, in the Berrigan Shire Local government in Australia, local government area. The town, north of the city of Melbourne, lies on the northern bank of the Murray River, which forms the border with Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The Newell Highway and Murray Valley Highway join at the Murray River, and form part of the main road route National Highway (Australia), National Highway between Brisbane and Melbourne. At the , Tocumwal had a population of 2,682. The name of the town is probably a corruption of the local Pangerang Indigenous Australians, indigenous word, "Tucumiva" (or "Tucumival"), meaning "deep hole". Near Tocumwal is a 25-metre-deep hole in granite rock, now known as "The Blowhole", which is linked underground to the nearby Murray River. History Prior to European settlement, the Tocumwal area was inhabited by the Ulupna and Bangerang people. The first pastoral runs were established i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shepparton, Victoria
Shepparton () ( Yortayorta: ''Kanny-goopna'') is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in northern Victoria, Australia, approximately north-northeast of Melbourne. As of the 2021 census, the estimated population of Shepparton, including the adjacent town of Mooroopna, was 53,841. It began as a sheep station and river crossing in the mid-19th century, before undergoing a major transformation as a railway town. Today it is an agricultural and manufacturing centre, and the centre of the Goulburn Valley irrigation system, one of the largest centres of irrigation in Australia. It is also a major regional service city and the seat of local government and civic administration for the City of Greater Shepparton, which includes the surrounding towns of Tatura, Merrigum, Mooroopna, Murchison, Dookie, Toolamba and Grahamvale. Toponymy The name of Shepparton is derived from the surname of one of the area's first European settlers, Sherbourne Sheppard, and not, as is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barmah National Park
The Barmah National Park, formerly Barmah State Park, is a national park located in the Hume (region), Hume region of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The park is located adjacent to the Murray River near the town of Barmah, approximately north of Melbourne. The park consists of Eucalyptus camaldulensis, river red gum floodplain forest, interspersed with treeless freshwater marshes. The area is subject to seasonal flooding from natural and irrigation water flows. The Barmah-Millewa Forest, consisting of the Barmah Forest (Victoria) and the Millewa group of forests (New South Wales), forms the largest river red gum forest in the world. The Barmah Forest Ramsar site is an internationally recognised wetland, listed under the Ramsar Convention, and a number of bird species that utilise the Barmah National Park are part of the Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement and the China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement. Note th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
