Barnawartha, Victoria

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


caption =
lga = Shire of Indigo
postcode = 3688
est =
pop = 1207 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC25087 | name = Barnawartha (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Benambra
fedgov = Indi
dist1 = 299
dir1 = NE
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 23
dir2 = W
location2= Wodonga
dist3 = 10
dir3 = NW
location3= Chiltern

Barnawartha is a small town located on the Hume Highway in regional north-east Victoria, Australia, approximately convert|299|km|mi|0|lk=on from Melbourne on the banks of Indigo Creek which runs into the Murray River to the north.

Gustav and William Baumgarten were large land owners in Barnawartha prior to the township being settled. After serving prison time for supplying horses to the infamous Ned Kelly, William developed a large winery called Bogong, on the Murray River. [cite web | org = National Library of Australia | title = Victoria. Dept. of Crown Lands and Survey. Barnawartha North, County of Bogong 1881. MAP RM 2741/48 | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2741-48 | accessdate = 2008-01-30] The township was surveyed and settled in 1860, the Post Office opening on August 1, 1860 . 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 ]

The town contains a few historic buildings, such as the Post Office, "Cheesely's Bootmakers shop" (now used to store hay) and a recently burnt and rebuilt Pub.

Barnawartha has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Tallangatta & District Football League.

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