- Sunraysia
[
thumb|250px|right|An_image_showing_the_outline_of_the_Mallee and Sunraysia region which is predominantly contained within theRural City of Mildura ] Sunraysia is an area of northwestern Victoria and southwesternNew South Wales inAustralia , known for its sunshine, grapes and oranges. Its main centre is Mildura."Sunraysia" was a name derived from a contest that entrepreneur
Jack De Garis had held as part of a promotion in 1919 on behalf of the Australian Dried Fruits Association. The public were invited to submit a name which described the dried fruits grown in the Mildura district. The winning name was "Sun-Raysed", and this was extended to describe the district as "Sunraysia". De Garis's 1920 established newspaper "Sunraysia Daily " borrowed the name accordingly. [ [http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/comm-international/amt/PDFs/AMT2005Kirkpatrick.pdf The regional daily unafraid to stand alone.] ]Education facilities
The
Sunraysia Institute of TAFE and the Sunraysia campus of theLa Trobe University , are located on Benetook Ave between 11th and 14th Streets.Newspapers
The main newspaper that services the region is the "
Sunraysia Daily ", and is published every day except for Sundays. Sunraysia is also serviced by two free papers; the "Mildura Midweek" published on Wednesdays, the "Mildura Weekly" published on Fridays. The "Mildura Independent" was another free weekly, published from 1982 to 2007."My Mildura" is a free monthly magazine. There are also a number of paid weeklies covering smaller areas within Sunraysia.
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