Undera, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Undera
state = vic


caption =
lga = City of Greater Shepparton
postcode = 3629
est =
pop = 636
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Rodney
fedgov = Murray
dist1 = 211
dir1 = N
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 26
dir2 = NW
location2= Shepparton
dist3 = 22
dir3 = E
location3= Kyabram

Undera is a rural village and locality in northern Victoria, in the Goulburn Valley irrigation area. It is convert|26|km|mi|0|lk=on north-west of Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Undera and the surrounding area had a population of 636.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC26859
name=Undera (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-08-13
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History

In 1874, when the area came under farm-selection activity, a township was surveyed and named Undera, the Post Office opening on 24 August 1875. 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 ]

It is thought that the name is derived from an Aboriginal word, most likely meaning fat. Before being named Undera, the area was known as Mundoona. A school was opened in 1876, and Catholic and Presbyterian churches were opened the following year.

The Undera district extends northwards to Undera North and a westerly bend of the Goulburn River. Whilst the township is in the Goulburn Valley irrigation area, the northern parts sustained a local timber industry until the 1940s, and are mixed grazing and agricultural.

Undera has a school (21 pupils, 1998), a church, a memorial hall, (1928), a large reserve with a motorcycle track and a tennis court. The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Kyabram & District Football League.

Its census populations have been 95 (1911), 350 (1933) and 156 (1966).

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