Mia Mia

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Mia Mia
MiaMiaHall.JPG
Community house of Mia Mia
State : AustraliaAustralia Australia
State : Flag of Victoria (Australia) .svg Victoria
Coordinates : 37 ° 0 ′  S , 144 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 37 ° 0 ′  S , 144 ° 34 ′  E
Area : 152.2  km²
Residents : 178 (2016)
Population density : 1.2 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10)
Postal code : 3444
LGA : City of Greater Bendigo
Mia Mia (Victoria)
Mia Mia
Mia Mia

As Mia Mia both a small town and is an area in central Victoria in Australia called. The place is 119 kilometers north of Melbourne and 56 kilometers south of Bendigo . 178 people lived here in 2016.

It is also a large farmland area where cattle and sheep are raised. It is also part of the Heathcote wine-growing region with numerous wineries , most of which grow Shiraz vines .

history

John R. Duigan with his aircraft

Burke and Wills crossed the area from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria in 1860 on their expedition through Australia . They reached Mia Mia on August 25, 1860, and built their sixth camp there after leaving Melbourne. They rested for a day - a Sunday - before moving north. The road from Lancefield to Mia Mia via Ben Loch and the Great Dividing Range is now called The Burke and Wills Track .

The Post Office opened on November 22, 1861 as a sign of permanent settlement. In 1970 it was closed.

The Spring Plains sheep station of John Robertson Duigan 's father is in Mia Mia . John built Australia's first airworthy powered aircraft there with his brother Reginald Duigan in 1910. A monument at the southern exit of the town - built from a locally occurring blue natural stone - commemorates the first flight.

The western border of Mia Mia borders the Campaspe River , which is crossed by the peculiarly designed Iron Bridge .

Web links

Commons : Mia Mia, Victoria  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Mia Mia (Vic.) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ premierpostal.com : Premier Postal History , in English, accessed 1 September 2011
  3. ↑ slv.vic.gov.au ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : The monument , in English, accessed September 1, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.slv.vic.gov.au
  4. ↑ slv.vic.gov.au ( Memento of the original from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : The bridge , in English, accessed September 1, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.slv.vic.gov.au