- Wahgunyah, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Wahgunyah
state = vic
caption = The main street of Wahgunyah, looking towards theMurray River crossing to Corowa.
lga =Shire of Indigo
postcode = 3687
est =
pop = 809 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC26885 | name = Wahgunyah (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
elevation= 143
maxtemp = 22.5
mintemp = 8.8
rainfall = 539.4
stategov = Murray Valley
fedgov = Indi
dist1 = 298
dir1 = north east
location1=Melbourne
dist2 = 51
dir2 = west
location2= Wodonga
dist3 = 9
dir3 = north
location3= Rutherglen
dist4 = 2
dir4 = south
location4= Corowa, (NSW)Wahgunyah is a small town in northeastern Victoria,
Australia . It is located on the southern bank of theMurray River , oppositeCorowa, New South Wales . Wahgunyah is approximately 9 km north of Rutherglen and 50 km west of Albury and Wodonga. At the 2006 census, Wahgunyah had a population of 809. The name is believed to to be an aboriginal phrase meaning "Big Camp" or "Big Shelter".History
The Wahgunyah cattle run was leased by John Foord and John Crisp in
1841 . The township was established by Foord in1856 and became important before the arrival of the railway in1879 as the furthest upstream port on the Murray.Citationlast = Kelly Gang story| title = Wahgunyah | url =http://www.kellygang.asn.au/places/plU_Z/wahgunyaTx8.html | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ] The Post Office opened on
July 1 ,1858 Citationlast = 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 ] and a school opened the same year.
All Saints Estate
winery to the north of town was established in1864 .The town today
The main factory of
Nestlé ’s breakfast cereal armUncle Tobys is on the outskirts of Wahgunyah.The town has a football team in the
Tallangatta & District Football League after having been in theCoreen & District Football League until 2007.References
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