Werrimull, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place
type = town
name = Werrimull
state = vic


caption =
postcode = 3496
pop = 140
est =
elevation=
maxtemp =
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lga = Rural City of Mildura
region = Sunraysia
stategov = Mildura
fedgov = Mallee
dist1 = 571
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 79
location2= Mildura
dist3 = 10
location3= Bambill
dist4 = 10
location4= Karawinna [ [http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate] ]

Werrimull is a small Australian town in the state of Victoria and a part of the Sunraysia region. The place by road, is situated about 10 kilometres west from Karawinna and 10 kilometres east from Bambill.It is convert|79|km|mi|0|lk=on kilometres west southwest of Mildura, 13 kilometres south of the Sturt Highway opposite Lake Cullulleraine. At the 2006 census, Werrimull and the surrounding area had a population of 140.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC26973
name=Werrimull (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-08-16
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"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. [ [http://werrimulbushfoods.tripod.com/ Werrimul] ]

History

The Millewa was opened up to farming in the 1920's, the Post Office opening on June 24, 1924. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ] Much of the native Eucalyptus trees were cleared to make way for farming. This has given rise to soil salinity in the area.

The area's of land allocated were approximately 1 sq mile. This was found to be too small and many were unable to make a living in this region. The population of the Millewa has been in steady decline over many years.

The Town today

The main industry in Werrimull and the Millewa is the harvesting of grains such as wheat, barley and oats. There is also a strong sheep and cattle industry in the region.

Werrimull is also a stop over for a small number of tourists that visit the Millewa Pioneer Forest. [ [http://www.millewapioneerpark.org.au/werrimul.htm Millewa Pioneer Forest] ]

Werrimull has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Millewa Football League that was strong in the 1920s and 1970s. Their most recent premiership win was in 2003.

External links

* [http://www.millewapioneerpark.org.au/millewa.htm Millewa]

References