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Topic: Wahgunyah, Victoria


  
  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Wahgunyah is a small town in northeastern Victoria, Australia.
Wahgunyah is approximately 9 km north of Rutherglen and 50 km west of Albury and Wodonga.
The main factory of Goodman Fielder's breakfast cereal arm Uncle Tobys is on the outskirts of Wahgunyah.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Wahgunyah,_Victoria   (87 words)

  
  Wahgunyah, Victoria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Wahgunyah, on the south-east side of the Murray River, is 235 km.
Wahgunyah was first reached by a river boat in 1853 and became a river port for the district.
Wahgunyah's census populations have been 225 (1861), 809 (1891), 596 (1933) and 373 (1967).
www.arts.monash.edu.au /ncas/multimedia/gazetteer/list/wahgunyah.html   (437 words)

  
 Wahgunyah - Victoria - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
He purchased a punt, bought a steamship, built a flour mill, subdivided his holdings and established the private township of Wahgunyah to serve as the supply base between the river trade and the goldfields.
A privately-licensed toll bridge, made of local red gum, was erected across the Murray in 1862 by a company, in which Foord was the major shareholder, in order to facilitate the passage of the diggers south and of Riverina grain and timber to Foord's own mills.
Opposite the Wahgunyah Collection, at the corner of Mill and Foord Sts, is Customs House (1886), a single-storey building with polychrome brickwork, round-arched windows and iron finials atop the slate roof.
www.theage.com.au /news/victoria/wahgunyah/2005/02/17/1108500207546.html   (1736 words)

  
 Descendants of August LESEBERG - pafg03.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
She died 26 Jun 1930 in Rutherglen, Victoria and was buried in Carlyle Cemetery, Rutherglen, Victoria.
Elizabeth was born 1862 in Mount Camel, Heathcote, Victoria.
Amelia married (1) Percy McDONELL on 1892 in Chiltern, Victoria.
users.tpg.com.au /users/leseberg/aug_leseberg/pafg03.htm   (270 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
It is on the bank of the Murray River, the border between New South Wales and Victoria, opposite the Victorian town of Wahgunyah.
There are two bridges over the Murray to Wahgunyah in Victoria: the heritage-listed John Foord Bridge and the Federation Bridge (opened on 2 April 2005).
In September 1859 a meeting was held to consider the erection of a bridge between Wahgunyah and Corowa to replace the punt.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Corowa,_New_South_Wales   (684 words)

  
 Rutherglen and Wahgunyah images taken during June 99   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Standing on the road bridge at the down end of the yard looking down the line which runs to Wahgunyah some 8-10 kms away.
The entire yard appears to still be connected at all points and 3 roads remain in the yard.
This line and its yard areas are typical of the neglect shown by the unprivatised V/Line Corporation.
www.omni.com.au /railway/rutherglen_and_wahgunyah_images_.htm   (394 words)

  
 Wahgunyah at KellyGang
Wahgunyah was important in the days before the railway arrived because it was the most up stream port on the River Murray.
Const H Armstrong was based in Wahgunyah to guard the bank before going to Aaron Sherritt's place.
In mid 1881 two of the trrackers from Queensland, Jim Crow and Billy Nut were taken to Wahgunyah, to search the Murray River for the body of a man drowned while bathing.
www.kellygang.asn.au /places/plU_Z/wahgunyaTx8.html   (259 words)

  
 greentrail
While the capital costs of reinstatement of the entire line are high, a commuter service connecting Springhurst with Wahgunyah could assist in generating a higher operating surplus and greater net economic benefit than the stand-alone tourist option.
The Wahgunyah Railway was constructed in 1878 and opened to traffic in January 1879.
Concurrently with the proposals for the Wahgunyah Rail Reserve, a number of other RT projects are either under way or consideration.
greentrail.homestead.com   (4142 words)

  
 Ancestors of Nigel (O'Neil) Driscoll Ethel,May Argyle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
MRCS, son of Henry Garnet Soilleux and Anne, Eliza, Manby Lewis, in 1896 in Wahgunyah,, Victoria, Australia.
MRCS was born on 12 Aug 1860 in Yackandandah,, Victoria, Australia
and was buried in 1935 in Kew,, Victoria, Australia.)
www.nigeldriscoll.com.au /480.htm   (134 words)

  
 Ancestors of Felicity Ruth Truman - pafg04 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ellen Earl Turner was born on 14 Jul 1864 in Old Reserve near, Tylden, Victoria, Australia.
She was buried on 16 Apr 1865 in Tylden, Victoria, Australia.
She was buried on 6 Nov 1904 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia.
www.users.bigpond.com /mberends/family/truman/pafg04.htm   (653 words)

  
 Linley Hooper's family history - Person Page 74
Edward Smith married Mary Ann Weston, daughter of Edward Weston and Mary Collings, c 1871, Wahgunyah, Victoria, Australia.
Isabella Snadden was born in 1870, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
Jane Michie Snadden was born in 1875, Collingwood, Victoria.
users.bigpond.net.au /linleymh/linley-p/p74.htm   (1618 words)

  
 Wahgunyah
The trip here took three and half-hours and the room in this Best Western Motel is comfortable.
I arrived by way of the wooden bridge that spans the River Murray, which is the natural border between New South Wales and Victoria.
I had been here last year but for the life of me could not remember the layout of the centre.
www.travelblog.org /Australasia/Australia/Victoria/blog-188.html   (396 words)

  
 South Australia National and Conservation Parks
Murray-Sunset National Park - in Victoria's far north-west corner, is the State's second largest national park.
Tallaringa Conservation Park - Tallaringa Conservation Park, located 100 km due west of Coober Pedy, lies on the fringe of the Great Victoria Desert and is a vast wilderness of vegetated dunes and gibber rises.
Wahgunyah Conservation Park - Wahgunyah Conservation Park is located between Cape Adieu and the Head of the Bight, approximately 15 km south of the Eyre Highway.
www.australiannationalparks.com /southaustralia   (1778 words)

  
 Webgids resultaten voor: Regional : Oceania : Australia : Victoria : Localities : W : Wahgunyah : Education
Webgids resultaten voor: Regional : Oceania : Australia : Victoria : Localities : W : Wahgunyah : Education
Regional > Oceania > Australia > Victoria > Education
Regional > Oceania > Australia > Victoria > Municipalities > Indigo Shire > Education
www.vinden.nl /g/?cat=/Regional/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Localities/W/Wahgunyah/Education/&ctt=Wahgunyah   (131 words)

  
 All Saints Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Northern Victoria has many surprises but few compare to the first visit to the All Saints Estate at Wahgunyah, near Corowa.
As you approach the Estate, visitors are presented with a dramatic roadside hedge, an imposing set of gates and a magnificent driveway between a cathedral of elm trees.
The food at All Saints is renown throughout northern Victoria and is produced by resident Chef Peter Weir.
www.eldtrain.com.au /allsaints.htm   (247 words)

  
 Neil Pollock Website > Earlwood > Sydney > Australia > History > Pollock
Summary: Alex Pollock was a Ulster Scot farmer who arrived in Queensland aged 29 and settled in the Goulburn Valley of northern Victoria and later near Balldale in the Riverina.
They had one daughter, Joyce (D'Arcy) and three sons, Alexander, James (deceased 2000) and Ken. Bertha died 20 May 1965, aged 53 and is buried with her husband at Carlyle cemetery (he died 14 August 1965, aged 63).
Born 12 January 1918 at Wahgunyah, she married Colin Rumble in 1950.
npollock.id.au /history/pollock.html   (3551 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - Wahgunyah Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
It was established in 1864 which makes it one of Victoria's oldest wineries.
For a number of generations it was owned by a local family, but unfortunately the winery almost closed for good a few years back.
The Murray River, which separates Wahgunyah in Victoria from Corowa in New South Wales affords the visitor to this area some wonderful recreational oppoortunities, especially in the warmer months.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Australia_and_Oceania/Australia/State_of_Victoria/Wahgunyah-1868542/Things_To_Do-Wahgunyah-R-1.html   (882 words)

  
 Carlyle Cemetery
Deborah transcribed the Church of England headstones as part of her university course in Local History and Melbourne DPS is proud to be able to host this transcription for her.
In October 1859, the District Surveyor was called upon to locate a suitable area for a burial ground that would service the townships of Wahgunyah, Rutherglen and Carlyle in Victoria's north east region.
Originally located on the river flats, the eight acres of Crown Load set aside for the cemetery proved to be prone to flooding, and in 1864 another site was chosen on Distillery Road.
home.vicnet.net.au /~dpsoc/carlyle.htm   (454 words)

  
 Victorian art
The art on the inside of possum skin cloaks used in Victoria provide examples of how these garments were used to display both personal and group identity and the relationship of people to their lands.
The owner's clan designs were scraped or scratched into the inside of possum skin cloaks and ochre was applied to colour the designs.
Tommy McCrae produced most of his surviving works on paper in the 1880’s and 1890’s while living in a camp near Wahgunyah in Victoria, his drawings show ceremonies, hunting and fighting.
www.visitmelbourne.com /displayObject.cfm/ObjectID.000284A9-FD17-1A7D-805680C476A90000/vvt.vhtml   (264 words)

  
 Fredrick FOORD/Frances MACNAMARA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Born: 1 MAY 1849 at: Echuca or Melbourne, Victoria.
Name: Margaret Frances FOORD Born: 1871 at: Wahgunyah, Victoria.
Name: Elizabeth Ethel FOORD Born: 13 JAN 1873 at: Rutherglen, Victoria.
members.optusnet.com.au /~bpj1968/fam/fam00072.htm   (184 words)

  
 DIRECTORY - OCEANIA WAHGUNYAH - REGIONAL AND OCEANIA WAHGUNYAH
»Drinkmoor Wines - Winery in north east Victoria focusing on the enjoyment of wine.
»Wahgunyah Primary School - State primary school offering school information, news, examples of student work, a photo gallery and archive.
Finial are a young rock band from Cheshire in England.
www.themusichype.com /dir/Regional/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Localities/W/Wahgunyah   (251 words)

  
 Brian Evans Railway Information Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Holden Gemini car is permanently mounted on the rails and is used as a maintenance vehicle by the Tourist railway group based in Wahgunyah, Victoria.
Sealake is situated in North West Victoria and sits on the Kulwin BG line.
I took these shots whilst in Rutherglen and Wahgunyah in Victoria.
www.omni.com.au /railway   (1846 words)

  
 MURRAY RIVER WRECKS
The Murray River, with its joining rivers, the Murrumbidgee, and the Darling, is the greatest of Australia's rivers, forming, for a greater part of its length, the political boundary between Victoria and New South Wales.
Length 95.5 ft. Left Echuca with 60 tons of general cargo for Wahgunyah; lost on the Murray River, near Moama, 23 August, 1866.
Lbd 46.8 x 9.4 x 4.6 ft. Renamed Dorothy, transfered by wagon to Lake Colac, Victoria, where she was lost on a mudbank, possibly 1916.
oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /murray-wrecks.html   (1037 words)

  
 Mirago : Regional: Oceania: Australia: Victoria: Localities: W: Wahgunyah
Top: Regional: Oceania: Australia: Victoria: Localities: W: Wahgunyah
Medoc Bed and Breakfast - Wahgunyah Victoria - Homestay Accommodation in Wahgunyah and Rutherglen.
Wahgunyah Primary School - A Victorian Government school.
www.mirago.com /scripts/dir.aspx?cat=Top/Regional/Oceania/Australia/Victoria/Localities/W/Wahgunyah   (110 words)

  
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Victoria and NSW will be connected by a new crossing over the Murray from 7am tomorrow when the $21 million Federation Bridge opens to traffic, NSW Minister for Roads Michael Costa and Victorian Minister for Transport Peter Batchelor said today.
Linking Corowa in NSW and Wahgunyah in Victoria, the five kilometre long project provides a new flood-free route between Honour Avenue at the Corowa Saleyards in NSW and the Rutherglen-Wahgunyah Road in Victoria.
The project is jointly funded by the NSW, Victorian and Commonwealth Governments.
www.vic.alp.org.au /media/0205/20006348.html   (506 words)

  
 Travel Downunder - Pfeiffer Wines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The fortifieds are wonderful and the hospitality peerless." Ben Canaider "P.G Wodehouse's character Psmith ("The P is silent!") would not be out of place at Pfeiffer Wines.
It labours the point somewhat, but you get the message about the redundant "p".
Queensland - New South Wales - Victoria - Tasmania - South Australia - Western Australia - Northern Territory
www.traveldownunder.com.au /victoria/High_Country/Pfeiffer_Wines.asp   (361 words)

  
 Wahgunyah
The Wahgunya Motel, situated near the Murray River between the tourist towns of Rutherglen and Corowa, is a Motel famous for its attention to its customer's needs.
The Wahgunyah Motel has a cosy little rose garden, an ideal place to sip the wines you acquired at the nearby Wahgunyah Wineries of All Saints, St. Leonard's and Cofields.
The rooms here are extremely comfortable and can be arranged to suit your needs, either single, twin, family or group accommodation.
www.tourisminternet.com.au /wahmotel.htm   (149 words)

  
 Open for Inspection in Wahgunyah
Open for Inspection - Cheap Open for Inspection in Wahgunyah
For more information on listing your property with Netestate, you can find our listing options here.
A short-term loan for home or building construction.
www.netestate.com.au /Wahgunyah/22_12661.html   (198 words)

  
 Travel Downunder - All Saints Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Australia > Victoria > High Country > All Saints Estate
All Saints Estate in Rutherglen, North East Victoria, was established in 1864 and is one of the icons of the Australian wine industry.
The estate is wholly owned by Peter Brown of the Brown Brothers family.
www.traveldownunder.com.au /Victoria/High_Country/All_Saints_Estate.asp   (294 words)

  
 Aboriginal Victorian Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The owners's clan designs were scraped or scratched into the inside of cloaks and ochre was applied to colour the designs.
Galleries exhibiting the work of contemporary Victorian artists include: Koori Heritage Trust, Bunjilaka at the Museum of Victoria, Gallery Gabrielle Pizzi.
The annual We Iri We Omeborn Art Festival in the City of Port Phillip provides exposure to talented artists.
www.visitvictoria.com /displayObject.cfm/objectid.000C02E3-6323-1A72-B0C880C476A901A1/vvt.vhtml   (214 words)

  
 Pinot Noir
The best regions for pinot noir in Australia to date are in South Australia - Mount Lofty Ranges,Adelaide Hills,Barossa Valley,Eden Valley,Victoria - Port Philip, Geelong,Mornington Peninsula,Yarra Valley,Macedon Ranges,New South Wales - Southern NSW,Hunter Valley,Hunter,Canberra District,Tasmana - North and South Regions,Western Australia - South West Australian Region and Pemberton.
St Leonard's Pinot Noir 2003 Wahgunyah Region Victoria 750ml x 6 :
Springlane Pinot Noir 2003 Yarra Valley Region Victoria 750ml x 12 :
chancellorscellars.com.au /category198_5.htm   (361 words)

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