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Electoral District Of Benambra
The electoral district of Benambra is one of the electoral districts of Victoria, Australia, for the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers an area of in north-eastern Victoria (Australia), Victoria. The largest settlement is the city of Wodonga, Victoria, Wodonga. Benambra also includes the towns of Baranduda, Victoria, Baranduda, Barnawartha, Victoria, Barnawartha, Beechworth, Victoria, Beechworth, Chiltern, Victoria, Chiltern, Corryong, Victoria, Corryong, Eskdale, Victoria, Eskdale, Kiewa, Victoria, Kiewa, Mitta Mitta, Victoria, Mitta Mitta, Mount Beauty, Victoria, Mount Beauty, Rutherglen, Victoria, Rutherglen, Tallangatta, Victoria, Tallangatta, Tangambalanga, Victoria, Tangambalanga, Tawonga, Victoria, Tawonga, Wahgunyah, Victoria, Wahgunyah, and Yackandandah, Victoria, Yackandandah. It lies in the Northern Victoria Region of the upper house, the Victorian Legislative Council, Legislative Council. The district of Benambra was created by the ''Electoral Act Amendment A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Tilley
William John Tilley (born 29 March 1963) is the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), Liberal Party member for the Electoral district of Benambra, seat of Benambra in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was elected at the 2006 Victorian legislative election, 2006 Victorian state election, beating Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor candidate and Wodonga, Victoria, Wodonga mayor Lisa Mahood and former National Party of Australia – Victoria, Nationals Upper House member Bill Baxter (Victorian politician), Bill Baxter. Prior to his candidacy, Tilley served in the Australian Army and then the Victoria Police. Parliamentary career Following the election of the Ted Baillieu, Baillieu government at the 2010 Victorian state election, Tilley was appointed to be Parliamentary Secretary for Police. On 26 October 2011, the Office of Police Integrity released a report into the resignation of Assistant Police Commissioner Ken Jones (police officer), Sir Ken Jone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitta Mitta, Victoria
Mitta Mitta is a town in the Australian States and territories of Australia, state of Victoria, Australia, Victoria in the Mitta Mitta Valley. It stands on the Omeo Highway and is 415 km from Melbourne (and the same distance from Canberra), and is located on the Mitta Mitta River not far from Dartmouth Dam. At the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census, Mitta Mitta and the surrounding area had a population of 171. Etymology The name "Mitta Mitta" derives from the name local Aboriginal people gave to the Mitta Mitta River – "mida-modunga" (where reeds grow, modunga being a particular type of reed). Brief history The Mitta Mitta Valley was settled by early pastoralists in 1835 and Mitta Mitta became a settlement when gold was discovered there in 1852. Substantial hydraulic sluicing replaced alluvial mining, thPioneer Minebeing the most successful, yielding over 441 kg of gold until it closed in 1904. This large open-cut mine still forms the backdrop to the town. Aborigin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Wright (politician)
Peter Wright may refer to: Writers * Peter Wright (journalist) (born 1953), British editor of ''The Mail on Sunday'' * Peter Wright (MI5 officer) (1916–1995), author and MI5 counter-intelligence officer * Peter Wright (writer) (1880/1–1957), British author Entertainers * Peter Wight (actor) (born 1950), British actor, sometimes credited as Peter Wright * Peter Wright (dancer) (born 1926), British ballet director and choreographer * Pete Wright (musician) (active 1977–1984), British bass player for the band Crass * Peter Wright (organist) (born 1954), British organist *Pete Wright, character in American 1950 crime film noir '' 711 Ocean Drive'' Sportspeople * Peter Wright (American football), American football player in 1893 * Peter Wright (Australian footballer) (born 1996), Australian rules footballer * Peter Wright (darts player) (born 1970), Scottish darts player * Peter Wright (footballer, born 1934) (1934–2012), English football player for Colchester United * Peter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gippsland East
The electoral district of Gippsland East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers most of eastern Victoria and includes the towns of Bairnsdale Bairnsdale (locally ) (Gunai language, Ganai: ''Wy-yung'') is a city in East Gippsland, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, situated in a region traditionally inhabited by the Tatungalung clan of the Gunaikurnai people. The estimated popu ..., Lakes Entrance, Orbost, Omeo, Maffra and Heyfield. Gippsland East is the state's third largest electorate in area and covers 27,544 square kilometres. The Country Party (now the National Party) held the seat without interruption from 1920 to 1999. However at the 1999 election independent candidate Craig Ingram unexpectedly won the seat after receiving preferences from the independent, One Nation and Labor candidates. Ingram's victory affected state politics—Ingram and fellow Independents Susan Davies and Russell Savage contributed to the en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benambra, Victoria
Benambra is a town 28 kilometres (17 mi) north-east of Omeo, Victoria, Omeo and 430 kilometres (267 mi) east of the state capital Melbourne, in the Australian Alps of Gippsland#East Gippsland, East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, Victoria, Australia. Nearby towns include Swifts Creek, Victoria, Swifts Creek, Ensay, Victoria, Ensay, and the major town of Bairnsdale, Victoria, Bairnsdale. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Benambra and the surrounding area had a population of 149. The Town Benambra town centre is at the intersection of Gibbo Street and Limestone Road, at an altitude of approximately 700m. The town has a population of around 150, although most residents live on farms and properties out of the actual town. From its early days Benambra has been regarded as a premier agriculture, agricultural area, specialising in both domestic sheep, sheep and cattle farming. The annual weaner calf sales, held in March, attract buyers from acr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Party Of Australia – Victoria
The Victorian National Party, officially known as the National Party of Australia – Victoria, is an Australian political party that serves as the state branch of the federal National Party of Australia, National Party in Victoria (state), Victoria. It represents graziers, farmers, miners and rural voters. It began as a political activity of the Victorian Farmers' Union, Victorian Farmer's Union, which became involved in state politics in 1916. It was then known as the Country Party for many years, until becoming "The Nationals" in 1975. In state parliament it is presently the junior partner in a centre-right Coalition (Australia), Coalition with the Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), Liberal Party, forming a joint Opposition bench. The party's leader Danny O'Brien (politician), Danny O'Brien serves as deputy opposition leader, while in government the party's leader serves as Deputy Premier of Victoria. History VFU/Country Party The candidates sponsored by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House, Melbourne, Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to its federal counterpart, the Australian Senate. Although it is possible for legislation to be first introduced in the Council, most bills receive their first hearing in the Legislative Assembly. The presiding officer of the chamber is the President of the Victorian Legislative Council, President of the Legislative Council. The Council presently comprises 40 members serving four-year terms from eight electoral regions each with five members. With each region electing 5 members using the single transferable vote, the quota in each region for election, after distribution of preferences, is 16.7% (one-sixth). Ballot papers for electi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Victoria Region
Northern Victoria Region is one of the eight electoral regions of Victoria, Australia, which elects five members to the Victorian Legislative Council (also referred to as the upper house) by proportional representation. The region was created in 2006 following the 2005 reform of the Victorian Legislative Council. The region comprises the Legislative Assembly districts of Benambra, Bendigo East, Bendigo West, Eildon, Euroa, Macedon, Mildura, Murray Plains, Ovens Valley, Shepparton and Yan Yean. Members Returned MLCs by seat Seats are allocated by single transferable vote using group voting ticket A group voting ticket (GVT) is a shortcut for voters in a Ranked voting systems, preferential voting system, where a voter can indicate support for a list of candidates instead of marking preferences for individual candidates. For multi-member ele ...s. Changes in party membership between elections have been omitted for simplicity. Election results References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yackandandah, Victoria
Yackandandah is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. It is near the regional cities of Wodonga, Victoria, Wodonga and Albury, New South Wales, Albury, and is close to the tourist town of Beechworth, Victoria, Beechworth. At the , Yackandandah had a population of 2,008. History The indigenous people of the area prior to white colonisation were the Dhudhuroa people, in Dhudhuroa language , whose language the toponym ''Yackandandah'' is said to have meant “one boulder on top of another at the junction of two creeks”, namely the Yackandandah and Commissioner creeks' intersection.'A Brief History of Yackandandah,' Indigo Shire, Indigo Shire Council The area was first opened to white settlement when Irish-born James Osborne took up land at Osborne's Flat in 1837. On the dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wahgunyah, Victoria
Wahgunyah is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is on the southern bank of the Murray River, opposite Corowa, New South Wales, in the Shire of Indigo. Wahgunyah is north east of the state capital, Melbourne and west of Albury/Wodonga. At the , Wahgunyah had a population of 1,098. The name is believed to be an Aboriginal phrase meaning the resting place of crows. History Indigenous history The Aboriginal people which inhabit the region around Corowa and Wahgunyah are the Bangarang people.The tribe of Indigenous Australians that inhabited the Corowa area were called, in their own language, the Bangerang Tribe. The name has various spellings in English, varying all the way from Bandjalang through Panderang to Pinegorine. Town history The Wahgunyah cattle run was leased by John Foord and John Crisp in 1841. The township was established by Foord in 1856 and became important before the arrival of the railway in 1879 as the furthest upstream port on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tawonga, Victoria
Tawonga is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Kiewa Valley Highway, in the Alpine Shire local government area, northeast of the state capital, Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori .... At the , Tawonga had a population of 568. Tawonga Post Office opened on 4 October 1879. December 5th 2011 the Country Fire Authority was alerted of a fire at the 125 year old Bogong pub. The building was destroyed. References Towns in Victoria (state) Alpine Shire {{Hume-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tangambalanga, Victoria
Tangambalanga ( ), or Tangam for short, is a town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. It is approximately south-east of the regional centre of Wodonga, in the Kiewa Valley, and from the Hume Weir. The residential district located near the intersection with the Kiewa Valley Highway is known as "Kiewa", with Tangambalanga proper beginning on the other side of the small valley flood plain. At the , Tangambalanga had a population of 439. The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word for the white clawed lobster, Murray crayfish. The Town was the site for an Aboriginal reserve, gazetted as such in 1862, with local landowner, Thomas Mitchell, acting as the local "Protector of Aborigines The Australian colonies in the nineteenth century created offices involved in managing the affairs of Indigenous people in their jurisdictions. The role of Protector of Aborigines was first established in South Australia in 1836. The role beca ...". The Post Office opened on 1 Dece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
