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Yarrawonga was founded as a village in 1868, [4] [5] with a Post Office being opened on 28 November 1874, [8] and a courthouse the very same year. [7] It was connected by rail to Melbourne in 1886. [4] [7] Yarrawonga was proclaimed a shire in 1891, [4] [5] It was renamed from 'North Yarrawonga Shire' (1891) to 'Yarrawonga Shire' in 1893. [4]
Rosanna Library is one of three libraries in the City of Banyule. It is located at 72 Turnham Avenue. It was opened on 15 August 1973 by the Minister for Local Government and Planning Mr Hunt. The library is located at Turnham Avenue near the corner of Douglas Street. It was built with a bluestone exterior at a cost of $140,000. In addition the ...
The Shire of Yarrawonga was a local government area on the Murray River, in the Goulburn Valley region, about 260 kilometres (162 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 626.78 square kilometres (242.0 sq mi), and existed from 1891 until 1994.
The council is composed of nine councillors elected to represent an unsubdivided municipality. [3]In the wake of a report detailing the "preventable" murder of a senior manager, the Moira Shire council was dismissed by the Minister for Local Government, Melissa Horne on 7 March 2023.
Yarrawonga is an outer northern suburb of Palmerston. It is on the traditional Country and waterways of the Larrakia people. [4] It is 21 km SE of the Darwin City and 2.1 km from Palmerston City. Its Local Government Area is the City of Palmerston. Yarrawonga is named after the Yarrawonga Zoo which was established in the area in 1965.
As such, the shire was renamed Tungamah, after its main town, on 17 February 1893, and North Yarrawonga was renamed Yarrawonga on 12 May 1893. On 1 April 1953, the North West Riding also severed, becoming the Shire of Cobram .
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He wrote 'Yarrawonga' while serving in France [13] First publication estimated circa 1919 following demobilization. By 1922 the song had big sales [14] Indeed, 'Yarrawonga' bought him instant fame in his homeland [15] [16] and this notoriety remained until the forties. He resisted selling the copyright [17] to the song that launched his career ...