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Werrimull
Werrimull is a small town and locality in the Rural City of Mildura, part of the Sunraysia region of Victoria. The place by road, is situated about 10 kilometres west of Karawinna and 10 kilometres east of Bambill. It is west southwest of Mildura, 13 kilometres south of the Sturt Highway opposite Lake Cullulleraine. At the , Werrimull and the surrounding area had a population of 112, declining from 320 in 2011. ''Werrimull'' is an indigenous Australian word believed to mean Eagle. ''Werrimull'' is sometimes misspelt ''Werrimul'' possibly because it is confused with an indigenous group from the Horsham region. History The Millewa was opened up to farming in the 1920s, the Post Office opening on 24 June 1924. The railway reached Werrimull in 1923, officially opened 1924, but closed by 1989. Much of the native Eucalyptus trees were cleared to make way for farming. This has given rise to soil salinity in the area. Most of the Werrimull area was a Soldier Settlement with blocks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millewa Football League
The Millewa Football League is an Australian rules football league with teams based in north-western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia. The clubs are mostly based within the same area as the clubs in the Sunraysia Football League, but generally represent smaller towns and communities. Clubs only field one senior football team and up to five netball teams. History The ''Millewa Football Association'' was reformed in 1925. At this time it had teams representing Lock 9, Lake Cullulleraine and Werrimull, and a team called "the Kangaroos". Lake Cullulleraine were the premiers that year. A fortnight after the grand final, a combined association team played the Mildura Football Club in a charity match. In 1932, the now ''Millewa Football League'' contained teams from Bambill, Karawinna, Meringur, Merinee, Pirlta and Werrimull. Due to World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cullulleraine, Victoria
Cullulleraine is a locality on the Sturt Highway in northwestern Victoria, Australia, 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 in 2021. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point and Merbein are included, the area h ... and north of Werrimull. The local business Golden Grain Flour Mills Pty Ltd is a major employer in the rural community. The Cullulleraine Post Office opened on 17 November 1924. References External links Towns in Victoria (Australia) Populated places on the Murray River Mallee (Victoria) {{Mallee-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambill, Victoria
Bambill is a locality situated on the Redcliffs-Meringur Road in the Sunraysia region. It is about 6 kilometres east from Yarrara and 9 kilometres west from Werrimull. The area was settled in the 1920s, the Post Office opening on 20 April 1926 (closing in 1959). The railway opened in 1925, and the station was closed in 1977. Bambill has an Australian rules football team competing in the Millewa Football League The Millewa Football League is an Australian rules football league with teams based in north-western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia. The clubs are mostly based within the same area as the clubs in the Sunraysia Football ..., however the club now trains and plays in Mildura. References {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karawinna, Victoria
Karawinna is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. The place by road, is situated about 11 kilometres west from Merrinee and 10 kilometres east from Werrimull Werrimull is a small town and locality in the Rural City of Mildura, part of the Sunraysia region of Victoria. The place by road, is situated about 10 kilometres west of Karawinna and 10 kilometres east of Bambill. It is west southwest of Mild .... It was served by the Morkalla railway line from 1924 until it closed. Karawinna North Situated on the Sturt Highway, north of Karawinna. Consisted of basic residency and a post office, which was serviced by the council of Karrawinna. Local children attended Walpolla state school situated on the Sturt Highway. The main local industry consisted of wheat and sheep farming. References {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural City Of Mildura
The Rural City of Mildura is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the north-western part of the state. It covers an area of being the largest LGA in the state. In June 2016 the area had a population of 53,878. It includes the city of Mildura and the towns of Merbein, Red Cliffs, Irymple, Ouyen, Werrimull, Murrayville, Walpeup and Hattah. It was formed in 1995 from the amalgamation of the City of Mildura, Shire of Mildura and Shire of Walpeup. The Rural City is governed and administered by the Mildura Rural City Council; its seat of local government and administrative centre is located at the council headquarters in Mildura, it also has service centres located in Ouyen and a couple of other locations within Mildura. The Rural City is named after the main urban settlement lying in the north of the LGA, that is Mildura, which is also the LGA's most populous urban centre with a population of 30,647. The Rural City of Mildura covers most of the Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wargan, Victoria
Wargan is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 26 km from Mildura, Victoria 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 in 2021. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point and Merbein are included, the area h .... At the , Wargan had a population of 71. References Towns in Victoria (Australia) Mallee (Victoria) {{Mallee-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Victoria (Australia)
This is a list of locality names and populated place names in the state of Victoria, Australia, outside the Melbourne, Victoria, Melbourne metropolitan area. It is organised by region from the south-west of the state to the east and, for convenience, is sectioned by Local Government Areas of Victoria, Local Government Area (LGA). Localities are bounded areas recorded on VICNAMES, although boundaries are the responsibility of each council. Many localities cross LGA boundaries, some being partly within three LGAs, but are listed here once under the LGA in which the major population centre or area occurs. The Office of Geographic Names (OGN), led by the Registrar of Geographic Names, administers the naming or renaming of localities (as well as roads, and other features) in Victoria, and maintains the Register of Geographic Names, referred as the VICNAMES register, pursuant to the ''Geographic Place Names Act 1998''. The OGN has issued the mandatory ''Naming rules for places in Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murray-Sunset, Victoria
Murray-Sunset is a locality in the Australian state of Victoria in the west of the state adjoining the border with South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories .... The principal land use is conservation with most of the locality being occupied by the Murray-Sunset National Park. References Towns in Victoria (Australia) {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salinity In Australia
Soil salinity and dryland salinity are two problems degrading the environment of Australia. Salinity is a concern in most states, but especially in the south-west of Western Australia.Monitoring the white death – soil salinity . Australian Academy of Science. The Eastern Mallee and the of are areas that are prone to salinity with little remedial action being undertaken to rectify the problem. Lands surrounding |
Millewa
The Millewa is a region of north western 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 and Colignan were irrigated. Subsequently, they became less seen as being in the Millewa, and more being part of Sunraysia. In the late 1990s, irrigation came to northern Millewa towns like Cullulleraine. These still remain firmly "Millewa" however. Geography It covers the triangular area north of the Sunset Country and south of the diagonal Murray River that grows wheat and other dryland crops. The part of this triangle that is irrigated is known as Sunraysia. The major centres of the region are Werrimull, Meringur, Cullulleraine and Hattah. Sometimes Nangiloc and Colignan are included in the region. Culture and sport The main binding force of the region is the Millewa Football League, which still has clubs named for many towns in the region. However, many of their players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meringur, Victoria
Meringur is a farming settlement to the west of Mildura in northwestern Victoria, Australia. 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 region at the end of the Red Cliffs-Meringur Road towards the South Australian 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 is in Meringur. Meringur has an Australian rules football team competing in the Millewa Football League The Millewa Football League is an Australian rules football league with teams based in north-western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia. The clubs are mostly based within the same area as the clubs in the Sunraysia Football ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrinee, Victoria
Merrinee is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. It is situated about 7 kilometres west of Pirlta and 11 kilometres east of Karawinna, on the Red Cliffs-Meringur Road. The Morkalla railway line opened on 10 April 1924 with a goods, grain and passenger siding, followed by the post office on 30 May 1924. The railway closed in 1988. The general area contains a number of previous localities which existed when the population was larger, namely Thurla which had a post office open from 1925 until 1940, Benetook with a post office from 1925 until 1946 and Pirlta Pirlta is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region in Australia. The place by road, is situated about 8 kilometres west from Benetook, Victoria, Benetook and 7 kilometres east from Merrinee, Victoria, Merrinee. The Post Office opened on 14 Au ... with a post office from 1911 until 1961. References Towns in Victoria (state) Mallee (Victoria) {{Mallee-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
