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The paper was known as the Border Morning Mail from 20 May 1920 until 1 July 1988, [4] when it changed its title to The Border Mail. [5] Originally published in Dean Street, Albury, the newspaper operated from a number of Albury locations before a shift in 1999 to the former Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation headquarters in Wodonga.
Founded as a customs post with its twin city Albury on the other side of the Murray River, the town grew subsequent to the opening of the first bridge across the Murray River in 1860. Originally named Wodonga, its name was changed to Belvoir then later back to Wodonga. The Post Office opened 1 June 1856 although known as Belvoir until 26 July ...
The National Urban Growth Centres initiative, which was Australia’s closest attempt to replicate the 'New Towns' strategy of post-war European models, [1] had grand plans to turn Albury–Wodonga into a major inland city. Albury–Wodonga, it was said, was 'central to the most ambitious plan for deliberate Commonwealth government intervention ...
Albury (/ ˈ ɔː l b ər i /; Wiradjuri: Bungambrawatha) is a major regional city that is located in the Murray region of New South Wales, Australia.It is part of the twin city of Albury-Wodonga and is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River.
The border may start thick and thin over time, [1] [4] or the thickness may depend on the level of bereavement, or both. For example, the death of a child may call for a thicker border than the death of a cousin. [6] [7] Social norms expected that the mourning period was to be displayed in both public and private. After the death of a reigning ...
8 May 1943 – Wodonga level crossing accident – Australia's worst road-rail crash. Steam locomotive A2 863 hit a bus carrying soldiers at Tallangatta Road, Wodonga resulting in the death of 25 people. [12] 24 February 1951 – 11 people killed in a collision between a bus and a train at a level crossing near Horsham, Victoria. [13]
Yackandandah Post Office opened on 13 June 1856. Another office nearby, Yackandandah Junction, opened in 1872 but closed in 1885. [4] In his local book, Antony O'Brien (p. 22) quotes an old poem published in the Melbourne Punch, 11 June 1857, titled, "The Lass of Yackandandah". Let poets sing of English girls, Their beauty and their candor;
Wodonga station was the original terminus of the Victorian Railways' North East line, which was built during the 1870s, with Wodonga opening on 21 November 1873. The connection through to the standard gauge system across the Murray River to Albury was not completed until 14 June 1883, partly because the New South Wales Government Railways standard gauge system had not yet extended as far south ...