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In local government, the Wangaratta region is covered by the Rural City of Wangaratta. The council was created in 1994 as an amalgamation of a number of other municipalities in the region with the council chambers located at the Government Centre in central Wangaratta.
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 ]
The City of Wangaratta was a local government area located about 260 kilometres (162 mi) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The city covered an area of 25.53 square kilometres (9.9 sq mi), and existed from 1863 until 1994.
This is a list of places on the Victorian Heritage Register in the Rural City of Wangaratta in Victoria, Australia. The Victorian Heritage Register is maintained by the Heritage Council of Victoria .
Eldorado, or El Dorado, is a small town in the Rural City of Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Eldorado had a population of 264, [1] down from a population of 287 at the time of the 2006 census. [2]
Powers Lookout. The region has been used since the 1880s to grow a variety of crops, including hops and tobacco, alongside dairy and beef cattle production.A narrow-gauge railway was built between Wangaratta and Whitfield in 1889, and a government tobacco research farm was established in Edi and moved to Whitfield in 1902.
Milawa is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Snow Road, 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Wangaratta, in the Rural City of Wangaratta. At the 2021 census, Milawa had a population of 588. [1] It is at the northern end of the King Valley wine region, between the King River to the west and Ovens River to the north (they meet in Wangaratta).
On 11 November 1879, Wangaratta Division was created on 11 November 1879 as one of 74 divisions around Queensland under the Divisional Boards Act 1879 with a population of 789. [1] [2] With the passage of the Local Authorities Act 1902, Wangaratta Division became the Shire of Wangaratta on 31 March 1903. [2] [3] [4]