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	Mildura, Victoria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mildura is located in the Sunraysia region, and is on the bank of the Murray River, at geographic coordinates 34°11′ S 142°09′ E.
		Mildura is on the intersection of the Sturt Highway from Adelaide to Sydney, and the Calder Highway to Melbourne via Bendigo.
		Mildura has the busiest regional airport in Victoria, serviced by five Qantaslink flights daily to Melbourne, three Regional Express flights to Melbourne, and two O'Conner Airlines flights daily to Adelaide.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mildura,_Victoria (301 words)

	Mildura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An oasis in the desert, Mildura is a thriving monument to irrigation.
		Mildura has some excellent accommodation facilities with ample caravan parks, restaurants and motels, providing you with an ideal base for the nearby attractions and the rest of your holiday.
		Mildura has a good reputation as a place to obtain work as a fruit-picker; the only guaranteed time is in February, when the grape harvest takes place.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/victoria/mildura.asp (1598 words)

	BUG - Backpackers Guide to Echuca, Mildura and the Murray River, Victoria, Australia
		Mildura is located at the northwestern corner of Victoria and it is one of the state's most remote cities.
		Mildura's airport is southwest of the city centre and has several flights a day to Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
		Mildura is primarily a working city without a lot of attractions but there are several small museums that may be of interest to some people.
	www.bugaustralia.com /destinations/au-vicmur.html (910 words)

	Walkabout - Mildura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1858 the property was renamed 'Mildura' after a Keramin word speculatively thought to mean 'red earth', due to the red soils of the area, or 'sore eyes', allegedly a tribute to the problems caused by the vast fly population.
		Mildura became a borough in 1920, a town in 1922 and a city in 1934.
		The Mildura Arts Festival is held in March, an International Balloon Fiesta at the end of June, a folk festival in July, a Country Music Week in the September school holidays, a Jazz & Wine Festival in October or November and the Mildura Show in October.
	www.walkabout.com.au /locations/VICMildura.shtml (3163 words)

	Mildura Victoria \| Where to stay - What to do
		Mildura is located on the Murray River in the North West corner of Victoria.
		Mildura is an Aboriginal term meaning Red Earth.
		Mildura is an excellent stepping off point for many National Parks and tours.
	www.milduravictoria.com.au (305 words)

	Mildura - Maps and towns - The Murray, Victoria, Australia
		Mildura is a charming oasis by the Murray River.
		The area is often referred to as the Mediterranean in the outback, with its picturesque citrus groves and vineyards, endless sunshine and the cosmopolitan feel of the city.
		Mildura is approximately 6 hours from Melbourne along the Sunraysia, Calder and Murray Valley highways.
	www.visitmelbourne.com /displayObject.cfm/ObjectID.00086A0E-77F4-1A5E-88CD80C476A90318/vvt.vhtml (546 words)

	Walkabout - Mildura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mildura is a major regional city of some 22 000 people located near the north-western tip of the state and at the centre of an area known as 'Sunraysia'.
		Mildura is also a riverside resort, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
		Mildura Fun Centre is located at the corner of 7th St and Orange Ave and is open seven days and nights, tel: (03) 5023 3663.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/VICMildura.shtml (3163 words)

	VIC Mildura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Murray River town of Mildura is a major regional centre surrounded by vineyards, citrus orchards and olive groves in an area first settled by pastoralists in 1847.
		The town was founded as an irrigation settlement by the American brothers, George and WB Chaffey, irrigation experts who set up similar colonies in the United States and who designed the town along the lines of settlements in California with avenues running northsouth and streets numbered in numerical order running eastwest.
		Old Mildura Homestead, in a special reserve on the Murray River, is a collection of pioneerstyle buildings and displays of the role of water in the development of Mildura.
	www.allsydney.com /vic/Mildura.htm (391 words)

	Mildura
		Mildura is an Oasis on the Murray River centrally located in the lush Sunraysia region with lots to offer visitors.
		Mildura also offers great access to the river for paddlesteamer cruises, houseboat holidays and other water related activities.
		The Mildura area is known for it's festivals and the best known are the sporting carnivals, Country Music, Jazz and Wine and the Balloon Festival.
	www.tourism.net.au /Victoria/Murray/murrayregions/Mildura/mildura.html (471 words)

	Murray River Web Site - Mildura Airport
		Mildura is strategically located between Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide and is situated on the mighty Murray River in North Western Victoria.
		Mildura's prosperity is largely due to the fact that it sits at the centre of one of Australia's largest fruit bowls.
		Mildura Airport is the busiest regional airport in Victoria in regard to passenger movements.
	www.murrayriver.com.au /regions/mildura/airport.htm (1123 words)

	Mildura, Victoria, Australia
		In the far north-west corner of Victoria, on the southern bank of the Murray River, Mildura is an oasis surrounded in all directions by arid, desert-like country.
		The name Mildura means 'red soil', and the town has been transformed from this landscape into endless vineyards, fruit orchards and olive groves by extensive irrigation, making it one of the richest agricultural districts in Australia.
		Mildura Arts Centre, an excellent complex combining art gallery, theatre, gardens with sculpture trail, and Rio Vista, the original home of W. Chaffey, which is now a historical museum with displays depicting life in the 19th century.
	www.jasons.com /000724,AUS,VIC,MURRAYOUT,MILDURA,PG,1,.mel#scroll_ (451 words)

	"Mildura" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mildura is on the fringe of the 'Outback', a fertile desert brought to life by the waters of the mighty rivers Murray and Darling, which converge near Mildura.
		The regional name 'Sunraysia' was originally chosen to identify the dried fruits from the Mildura district.
		The Mildura Working Mens' Club until recently boasted the longest bar the world, and is well worth a cold one on your visit.
	www.wilmap.com.au /mildura.htm (486 words)

	Welcome to Berri - Mildura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mildura Sunrise, one of Australia’s favourite chilled fruit drinks is a refreshing fruit drink with a range of flavours to suit all the family.
		Mildura Sunrise comes in a variety of flavours and pack sizes to suit your needs.
		Mildura Sunrise 3lt range is a great alternative to soft drinks or cordials and being a large pack size is suitable for big families and parties.
	www.berriltd.com.au /www/18/1001127/displayarticle/1001240.html (170 words)

	ABC Mildura - Swan Hill Victoria » About Us
		The Mildura office of the ABC was established in 1990 to service North West Victoria and South West New South Wales.
		It is not surprising therefore, that water is one of the major issues in the region as we come to terms with its finite nature.
		The Mildura Swan Hill region is renowned as having more days of sunshine than the Gold Coast and at one time was known as the "Weather Resort".
	www.jtv.com.au /milduraswanhill/about.htm (326 words)

	MILDURA - VICTORIA
		Mildura offers an array of scenery set amongst the diverse landscape of the desert to the west and the Murray River to the north east.
		The main shopping area in Mildura is along Langtree Avenue, with the parallel Deakin Avenue leading to the Murray River.
		There is a wide range of accommodation in Mildura including campsites, hostels, motels, hotels and holiday units.
	www.australianexplorer.com /mildura.htm (291 words)

	Murray River Web Site - Mildura
		Mildura is situated in the heart of Sunraysia on the banks of the Murray River and is a very popular tourist destination.
		Mildura is renowned worldwide for it's produce of high quality Golden Valencia and Navel oranges, sweet fleshy melons and dried fruits.
		Mildura is also becoming well known as a sport resort and boasts world class tennis facilities, manicured bowling club greens, the Aerodrome Sports Complex, quality golf courses and superb cricket pitches.
	www.murrayriver.com.au /regions/mildura/default.htm (316 words)

	MURRAY RIVER - BACKPACKERS GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Echuca, like Swan Hill and Mildura was a river port town in Australia's early days.
		Paddle steamers plyed the rivers collecting wool from farms and delivering it to one of the railheads for transportation to Melbourne for export.
		Wetland park by the river 70 kilometres south of Mildura.
	www.geocities.com /austtravel/vic/murray.html (514 words)

	Mildura
		Mildura was a WWII RAAF aerodrome, and home to 2OTU, a training unit which flew Spitfires, Kittyhawks, Boomerangs and Mustangs during WWII.
		A search for this aircraft and its crew members is being denied by the lake's aboriginal owners due to 'cultural heritage' reasons.
		Crashed approximately 4 miles SW of Mildura airfield on August 5, 1943 while conducting a number of night time circuits.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/australia_mildura.html (243 words)

	Mildura Rural City Council - Council appoints new recycling contractors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mildura Rural City Council’s new kerbside recycling collection service moved a step closer last night with Council approving a seven-year contract with Cleanaway and the Mildura Bottle Exchange.
		Mildura Rural City Councillor for the Environment, Damien Heintze, said residents will use a single 240 litre wheelie bin for all their recycling, including papers, bottles, cans and cartons, with no need to separate papers and bottles.
		It is anticipated that the Mildura Rural City Council’s new kerbside recycling service will dramatically decrease the amount of household garbage going to landfill.
	www.mrcc.vic.gov.au /page/page.asp?page_Id=1435 (330 words)

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		Album documenting the Pacific cruise of Lord Ranfurly on HMS Mildura in October 1900, and the annexation for New Zealand of the Cook Islands and Niue.
		During the Mildura's visit to Penrhyn, on Sunday 14 October 1900, Malcolm Ross, Charles Hill-Trevor and Surgeon May of the Mildura visited by sailing boat the leper colony on an island on the opposite side of the lagoon from the main settlement (Source: Hill-Trevor album 2, PA1-f-143, pp 18-20).
		A scene on the deck of HMS Mildura, photographed in October 1900 by Malcolm Ross, during her cruise to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga..
	ead.natlib.govt.nz /ranfurly/PA1-q-633.html (5554 words)

	Mildura
		This year's tournament will be held at the Mildura Water Ski Club site (see pics), perched on the banks of the river close to town, with plenty of shade and a fully-equipped clubhouse serving drinks and snacks on site.
		The Mildura Water Ski Club so far has been absolutely outstanding in catering to all our organisational needs, and I can confidently predict that we'll be treated to one of the best AUCs in history.
		The Mildura Ski Club site is on River Boulevard, at the north end of Etiwanda Ave which is just east of the centre of town.
	minyos.its.rmit.edu.au /~wski/AUC2001/mildura.htm (272 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Kate-Me's Mildura Things to Do Tips (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When I was a child, visiting Mildura, along with the pelicans, going for a ride on one of the Paddlesteamers up and down the river was one of my favorite things.
		As it was over 34 degrees on the one day I had to spend in Mildura while my husband was elsewhere in the city working, my absolute Must Sees were the coolest places in town: the library and the pool.
		In the southern states of Australia, canoe trees are some of the only visible relics on the landscape, and even then, to see them you need to know what you're looking for and to be able to tell the difference between a canoe tree and a tree that's been struck by lightning.
	members.virtualtourist.com /m/318f9/1c9447/4 (1209 words)

	BUG backpackers hostel reviews Mildura Int'l Backpackers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Like other hostels in Mildura, it is primarily a workers hostel.
		The hostel's kitchen was dirty with dishes not being washed and food left out, which attracted the lovely mildura flies and ants!!The hostel manager's were ok if you sucked up to them which I had heard alot of people say.
		Mildura International Hostel is a poor hostel overall.
	www.bugaustralia.com /reviews/Victoria/Mildura/auvic005 (431 words)

	ABC Mildura - Swan Hill Victoria » Government and Politics Index
		The Mildura Bottle Exchange, the organisation that handles recycling in the town, is facing an uncertain future.
		Not only was there a promise to return the 'Vinelander' passenger rail service to Mildura (withdrawn by the Kennett Government in 1993), but rail freight services were also to become more efficient and competitive with the standardisation of the track.
		Sue Nichols is currently the Mayor of Mildura, moving into this role from Deputy after Cr.
	www.abc.net.au /milduraswanhill/features/66.htm (1078 words)

	Mildura Australia
		Mildura is near the Murray River section of the New South Wales border (the river forms the state boundary with Victoria up until Albury-Wodonga and then heads south to Mount Beauty) so a trip on the Mighty Murray is a popular choice for a holiday if you are visiting this region.
		If you alight at Mildura it is possible to indulge in cruises on the Murray River.
		Mildura is famed for its citrus cultivation and of course its wineries.
	www.auinfo.com /mildura-victoria.html (231 words)

	MILDURA - Gateway to the Outback.-Part One (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Life in Mildura was and still is dependent on the Murray River.
		The Mildura Wharf was built in 1892 and is still used, but now the only paddle boats that ply the river are there for the benefit of the tourists.
		The Old Mildura Homestead is set on the site of the Jamieson’s Run homestead and is a reconstruction of the original.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/australia_and_the_pacific/13566/2 (553 words)

	Sunraysia - Mildura (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mildura - city, Victoria, Australia, on the Murray River near its junction with the Darling.
		Proclaimed a borough (1920) and a town (1922), Mildura became a city in 1934.
		The area, also known as Sunraysia, produces most of the state's dried fruits and supplies fresh fruits and vegetables to Melbourne, 290 miles (467 km) to the southeast by rail and highway.
	www.irysec.vic.edu.au /edulink/mildura/mildura.htm (211 words)

	HMAS Mildura Association
		If you served on the MILDURA, have family connections to the ship or other corvettes, or any other interests, the Association would like to hear from you.
		Many items in the collection are on display in the City of Mildura council offices.
		Signalman Allan Waugh - Foundation Secretary of the Association and editor of the newsletter, the "MILDURA MURMURS", was recently (June 2001) awarded the Order of Australia in recognition of his work for the Association, its members and their families.
	www.hmasmildura.freeservers.com /association.htm (172 words)

	Mildura Speedway Drivers Club Homepage
		Mildura’s Peter “Spider” McCarthy will be racing in the Murray Magic Series in a new Mazda RX7.
		The Mildura Speedway Drivers Club has been working overtime to bring the speedway fans of sunraysia some of the best racing the district has seen in a number of years.
		The Mildura Speedway Drivers Club is holding an open meeting for all on Wednesday Evening 8/6/06 8pm at the club rooms.
	www.milduraspeedway.com (984 words)

	Mildura Rural City Council Notice Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mildura Rural City Council is asking motorists heading to the nudie 16th World Hot Air Balloon Championship launch field to avoid using Fourteenth Street where possible.
		Mildura Arts Centre is holding a workshop for young people with an inventive streak to ‘build a bug’ with Brisbane artist Stuart Gollan.
		Mildura Rural City Council in conjunction with the Victorian Soccer Federation is hosting a Risk Management Workshop on June 7 to assist all sport and recreation groups to deal with risk management, insurance and member protection.
	www.mildura.vic.gov.au /Page/NoticeBoard.asp?M_ID=6&Y_ID=2004 (687 words)

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