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Wangaratta (/ ˌ w æ ŋ ɡ ə ˈ r æ t ə / WANG-gə-RAT-ə [3]) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, 236 km (147 mi) from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had a population of 29,808 per the 2021 Australian Census.
Wangaratta was first incorporated as a borough on 19 June 1863, only nine days after the surrounding North Ovens Road District was proclaimed. On 15 April 1959, Wangaratta was proclaimed a city. It absorbed sections to its south on 31 May 1968 and 10 March 1976, and to its north on 1 October 1979, from the Shire of Wangaratta. [2]
The Shire of Wangaratta was a local government area about 260 kilometres (162 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 919.24 square kilometres (354.9 sq mi), and existed from 1863 until 1994. The Shire did not include Wangaratta itself, which was governed by a separate local government.
The Rural City of Wangaratta is a local government area in the Hume region of Victoria, Australia, located in the north-east part of the state. It covers an area of 3,645 square kilometres (1,407 sq mi) and, in August 2021, had a population of 29,808. [ 1 ]
People from Wangaratta (1 C, 23 P) S. Sport in Wangaratta (3 C, 3 P) W. ... Mount Buggery (Wangaratta, Victoria) C. Cathedral College Wangaratta; Community of Christ ...
In 1989, the cattle siding and siding "F" were abolished. [1] Further sidings were abolished in 1992, including sidings "C" and "J", as well as a number of dead-end extensions and points. [1] During June/July 1997, the Wangaratta signal box was abolished. Signalling and interlocked points were also abolished at that time. [10]
The 1943–44 Victorian bushfire season was marked by a series of major bushfires following severe drought conditions in the state of Victoria in Australia. The summer of 1943–44 was the driest summer ever recorded in Melbourne with just 46 mm falling, a third of the average for the period. [ 1 ]
Wangaratta, Victoria: 10: 1993 Nov 2: Crash between a semi-trailer truck and a bus on Melbourne Cup Day 1993. Ten members of the Anglo-Indian Association died when their bus heading to Corowa for a Melbourne Cup outing collided with a car-carrier semi trailer Heat wave: Eastern and southern regions: 10+ 1997 Jan 1 – 2