Wandiligong

Wandiligong
Wandiligong
Town
	Manchester Unity hall
	Wandiligong
	Coordinates: 36°45′41″S 146°59′3″E / 36.76139°S 146.98417°E
Country	Australia
State	Victoria
Region	Hume
LGA	Alpine Shire;
Location	330 km (210 mi) NE of Melbourne; 82 km (51 mi) SE of Wangaratta; 6 km (3.7 mi) S of Bright;
Government
• State electorate	Ovens Valley;
• Federal division	Indi;
Population
• Total	522 (2021 census)
Postcode	3744

Wandiligong is a town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. The town is located on Morses Creek and in the Alpine Shire local government area, 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Bright and 330 kilometres (210 mi) north east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 Census, Wandiligong had a population of 522.^[1] The town was originally established as a mining settlement called Growler's Creek. For such things such as quartz^[2] and gold in the area.^[3]^[4] Its name is derived from the name of an aboriginal tribe who originally occupied the area.^[5]

Wandiligong was established in the 1850s during the Victorian gold rush and at one stage the town was home to 2,000 people. The town as a whole is now registered with the National Trust of Australia as a historic landscape and is home to buildings with historic value such as the Manchester Unity hall—built in 1874.^[6]

The town is home to one of the largest apple orchards in the southern hemisphere.^[7] The town is also known to grow tobacco crops as well.^[8]

References

1 2 "2021 Wandiligong, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
↑ "An Old Miner". Albury Banner and Wodonga Express.
↑ Lawrence, Susan; Davies, Peter (2020). "Historical mercury losses from the gold mines of Victoria, Australia". Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 8: 35. Bibcode:2020EleSA...8...35L. doi:10.1525/elementa.432.
↑ "Bright Revisited". Albury Banner and Wodonga Express.
↑ Fullerton, Mary. The Australian Bush. p. 78.
↑ "Wandiligong information and attractions". Travel Victoria. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
↑ "Travel: Bright". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
↑ Tanner, Howard; Watts, Peter (June 1990). "National News". Australian Garden History. 2 (1): 12–13. JSTOR 44178137.

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[ABS2021-1] 1 2 "2021 Wandiligong, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[2] "An Old Miner". Albury Banner and Wodonga Express.

[3] Lawrence, Susan; Davies, Peter (2020). "Historical mercury losses from the gold mines of Victoria, Australia". Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 8: 35. Bibcode:2020EleSA...8...35L. doi:10.1525/elementa.432.

[4] "Bright Revisited". Albury Banner and Wodonga Express.

[5] Fullerton, Mary. The Australian Bush. p. 78.

[6] "Wandiligong information and attractions". Travel Victoria. Retrieved 16 May 2010.

[7] "Travel: Bright". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. 6 November 2007. Retrieved 16 May 2010.

[8] Tanner, Howard; Watts, Peter (June 1990). "National News". Australian Garden History. 2 (1): 12–13. JSTOR 44178137.

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v t e Localities in the Alpine Shire
Town	Bright Dargo^ Dederang Dinner Plain Falls Creek^ Harrietville Mount Beauty Myrtleford Porepunkah Tawonga Tawonga South Wandiligong
Locality	Abbeyard Barwidgee Bogong Buckland Buffalo River Cobungra^ Coral Bank Dandongadale Eurobin Freeburgh Gapsted Germantown Glen Creek Gundowring^ Havilah Hotham Heights^ Kancoona Kergunyah South Merriang Merriang South Mongans Bridge Mount Buffalo Mudgegonga^ Nug Nug Ovens Rosewhite Running Creek Selwyn Smoko Upper Gundowring Wongungarra^ Wonnangatta
^ - Territory divided with another LGA