Kotupna

Kotupna
Town
Former state school at Kotupna
Former state school at Kotupna
Kotupna is located in Shire of Moira
Kotupna
Kotupna
Coordinates: 36°08′45″S 145°07′46″E / 36.14583°S 145.12944°E / -36.14583; 145.12944
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
RegionHume
LGA
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total105 (2016 census)
Postcode
3638
Localities around Kotupna
Lower Moira Picola Nathalia
Lower Moira Kotupna Kaarimba
Wyuna St Germains Undera

Kotupna is a locality in northern Victoria, Australia in the local government area of the Shire of Moira.

History

In 1840, the Kotupna Run was an area of 118,000 acres near the Goulburn Weir, which then cut across the Broken Creek, with the south boundary on the bank of the Goulburn River. The Kotupna Run was between the Murray and Goulburn Rivers and was intersected by a number of creeks.

In a letter to The Argus newspaper, in August 1866, the owner of the Kotupna Run, Mr E Locke writes that - "When a very young man I held a large tract of country, called in the native language, Kotorpna (now wrongly spelled Kotupna), extending nearly across the angle formed by the Goulburn and Murray Rivers".

The post office opened on 17 October 1881, and closed on 30 June 1993.

As early as 1878, the Bridge Hotel, Kotupna was mentioned in an article about the Annual Hotel Licensing Meeting.

Sport and recreation

The Kotupna Football Club was an Australian Rules football club and was established in 1896 and they played in the following competitions -

The club won two Western & Moira Ridings Football Association premierships in 1911 and 1923 and were runner up in 1924.

Kotupna were also runner up in 1898 in the Nathalia & District Football Association.

References

  1. ↑ "2016 Kotupna, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "1848 - CLAIMS TO LEASES OF CROWN LAND. BEYOND THE SETTLED DISTRICTS. MURRAY DISTRICT". The Melbourne Argus (Vic. : 1846 - 1848). PORT PHILLIP GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 25 July 1848. p. 4. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "1867 - ITEMS OF NEWS". Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917). 9 October 1867. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "1866- THE NATIVE LANGUAGE". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 24 August 1864. p. 3. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
  6. ↑ "1878 - Annual Licensing Meeting". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002). 3 December 1878. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "1896 - Kotupna Football Club". Trove. The Nathalia Herald and Picola, Narioka, Kotupna and Moira Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1918).
  8. ↑ "1903 - Football Notes". The Nathalia Herald and Picola, Narioka, Kotupna and Moira Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1918). 9 June 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "1903 - Lower Moira". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954; 1998 - 2002). 5 August 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "1911 - Football". The Nathalia Herald and Picola, Narioka, Kotupna and Moira Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1918). 5 September 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  11. ↑ "1923 - Kotupna Footballers, Honoured". The Nathalia Herald and Picola, Narioka, Kotupna and Moira Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1918). 18 September 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  12. ↑ "1924 - Football". Numurkah Leader (Vic. : 1895 - 1948). 24 September 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  13. ↑ "1898 - Football Dinner". The Nathalia Herald and Picola, Narioka, Kotupna and Moira Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1918). 8 September 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2025.

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