Katunga, Victoria

Katunga, Victoria

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


caption = Katunga Primary School
lga = Shire of Moira
postcode = 3640
pop = 300 (est.)
est =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Murray Valley
fedgov = Murray
dist1 = 228
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 13
location2= Numurkah

Katunga is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area, 228 kilometres from the state capital, Melbourne.

Katunga Post Office opened on 10 June 1881. 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 local railway station was opened on the Goulburn Valley railway in 1888,cite book
author = Bob Whitehead
title = Tocumwal Railway Centenary
year = 2008 ] but today does not see regular passenger services. Katunga, similar to much of the surrounding area, is based on agriculture, including dairy production.

The Katunga Football Club competing in the Picola & District Football League is based in the town.

References

External links

* [http://www.moira.vic.gov.au/index.html?commerce_tourism/tourism08_10.html Shire of Moira - Official website]


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