Tarrawingee, Victoria

Tarrawingee
Victoria
Public hall
Tarrawingee is located in Rural City of Wangaratta
Tarrawingee
Tarrawingee
Coordinates36°23′24″S 146°26′59″E / 36.39000°S 146.44972°E / -36.39000; 146.44972
Population484 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)3678
Location
  • 261 km (162 mi) NE of Melbourne
  • 12 km (7 mi) E of Wangaratta
  • 10.2 km (6 mi) W of Everton
LGA(s)Rural City of Wangaratta
State electorate(s)Ovens Valley
Federal division(s)Indi

Tarrawingee is a small town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. It is part of the Rural City of Wangaratta local government area. The town is about 261 kilometers (162 miles) northeast of Melbourne, the state capital. It is also 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) east of Wangaratta and 10.2 kilometers (6.3 miles) west of Everton. According to the 2011 census, Tarrawingee and the nearby area had a population of 484 people.

It is on the Ovens Highway, and close to the Ovens River.

The name Tarrawingee is thought to be an Indigenous Australian word for emu. The name was first used for a sheep farm started in 1837. When the farm was offered for sale in 1851, it was described as being 60,000 acres (24,000 ha), having 20 mi (32 km) of river frontage, and came with 16,000 sheep.

The town was established in April 1855 when 41 small blocks of land for houses were offered for sale.

Sport

The town has sports teams called the Tarrawingee Bulldogs. They play Australian Rules football and netball in the Ovens & King Football and Netball League.

Motor racing

From 1957 to 1965, there was a motor racing track in Tarrawingee used by the North Eastern Car Club. The track was next to the football oval, which had a grandstand for spectators. The last race meeting was on April 4, 1965, where several lap records were broken even though the track was starting to break apart. A race was planned for November 1965, but in July that year, the North Eastern Car Club announced the track would close. This was likely because it was too expensive to fix the track and meet new safety rules set by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport.

References

  1. 1 2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Tarrawingee (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 3 December 2014. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ↑ Monash University (2015). "Tarrawingee". Victorian Places. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). Vol. II, no. 676. Victoria, Australia. 18 January 1851. p. 3. Retrieved 14 August 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 2481. Victoria, Australia. 21 April 1855. p. 5. Retrieved 14 August 2026 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. 1 2 3 Walker, Terry (1995). Fast Tracks - Australia's Motor Racing Circuits: 1904-1995. Wahroonga, NSW: Turton & Armstrong. p. 158. ISBN 0908031556.
  6. ↑ Galpin, Darren. "Tarrawingee". GEL Motorsport Information Page. Retrieved 1 April 2016.