Warragul

Warragul
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State :  Australia State : Victoria Founded : 1877
Coordinates : 38 ° 10 ′  S , 145 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 38 ° 10 ′  S , 145 ° 56 ′  E Height : 143  m Area : 18.0  km²
Residents : 14,276 (2016) Population density : 793 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AEST (UTC + 10) Postal code : 3820 LGA : Baw Baw Shire

Warragul is a city in the south of the Australian state of Victoria . The city is located 104 km east-southeast of Melbourne between the Strzelecki Mountains in the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau in the Great Dividing Range in the north. The city's name is derived from an Aboriginal word that means 'wild dog' in German. The 2016 census counted 14,276 residents.

Warragul is the center of western Gippsland and the administrative center of the Local Government Area Baw Baw Shire . In the vicinity of the city, dairy farming and other specialty farming are the main activities. The area has long been known for the production of delicatessen products.

history

Warragul was settled after the construction of the railway line to Traralgon in 1877. The first post office opened on March 16, 1877.

Existing roads were renamed Princes Highway after the visit of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII) . The trunk road that today runs from Sydney via Melbourne to Adelaide and Port Augusta was opened on August 10, 1920 with an official ceremony in Warragul.

geography

Warragul owns the Linear Park Arts Discovery Trail , which runs through many neighboring parks in the city. There you can see painted bollards, mosaics and wall paintings. The trail connects to the Drouin to Warragul Two Towns Trail .

Events

Warragul is the nearest major town from Lardner , where the Gippsland Field Days take place. Three major events take place in Lardner Park every year: The Farm World - agricultural exhibition , Trucks in Action and Harvest of Gippsland . Farm World is the biggest attraction around Warragul. The agricultural show takes place at the end of March and is one of the most important events of its kind in Australia. Exhibitions on calf breeding, dairy farming and horticulture are included.

Another event is the Warragul Show on the first Friday in March. Again, it's about agriculture and livestock, but there are also rides, stalls, games, fireworks and shows.

Educational institutions

A city of this size has a relatively large number of educational institutions: four primary schools, three secondary schools and two advanced training institutions.

Elementary schools

Both Warragul North Primary School and Warragul Primary School are state schools. St. Joseph's Catholic Primary is a Catholic institution and St. Paul's Anglican Primary School is operated by the Church of England.

Further training

There are three secondary schools in Warragul, Warragul Regional College , Marist-Sion College and St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School . The Warragul Regional College was created in 1994 from the merger of Warragul High School and Warragul Secondary College . The Marist-Sion College was founded in 1975 from the Marist Brothers Boys College and the Sion Girls College . St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School was founded in 1982 with only 19 7th grade students, but has grown noticeably in recent years. This school has two locations, with classes from grade 9 onwards in the former James Miller rope factory .

Training institutions

The Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE (TAFE = Technical and Further Education) has its campus south of the city center, adjacent to the train station. The Education Center Gippsland recently adopted the courses previously offered by the McMillan Institute of Land and Food Resources , a department at Melbourne University . The courses offered insights into the fields of agriculture , horse management , trotting , horticulture and nature conservation biology .

Local public transport

Warragul Station is a staffed station on the V / Line towards Bairnsdale and is located south of the city center. The terminus of this line are Bairnsdale and Southern Cross in Melbourne.

Warragul also has a small public city bus network with four lines across the city. Each line is traveled three times a day. There are also bus connections to neighboring cities. Recently the fee system was switched to Myki (contactless ticket system). Corresponding reading devices are installed on all buses. In future it should also be valid for the V / Line.

Sports

There is an Australian football team in town that plays in the Gippsland Football League , the Warragul Football Club . There is also another team, the Warragul Industrials , who compete in the Ellinbank & District Football League .

Young footballers play in the Warragul & District Junior Football League . There are three teams in Warragul, the Colts , the Warranor and the Blues (at Marist-Sion College). This league has three levels of competition: under 10, under 12 and under 14.

In Warragul Little Athletics Center , small athletes meet every Saturday in the summer in the cohorts from under 6 to under 17. Younger athletes do not occur only at their home, but also take part in regional and state competitions.

The Wild Dog Triathlon Club also meets every Saturday in summer for combined swimming, cycling and running championships. There are grade groups Junior, under 14, Fun-Tri, Super-Sprint, Grade A and Grade B.

The harness racing club meets regularly on the horse racing course.

The Warragul Greyhound Racing Club has regular events at the Logan Park Exhibition Center .

Golfers play at Warragul Country Club on Sutton Street.

Warragul is home to one of the best open air velodromes in Victoria. It is operated by the Warragul Cycling Club (WCC), which usually also offers cycling races on Saturdays in the outskirts. Every year in early April, this club also holds the Baw Baw Classic Road Race , which includes one of the toughest climbs in Victorian cycling.

Newspapers

Warragul has two weeklies, The Warragul and Drouin Gazette and The West Gippsland Trader . The circulation area of ​​these newspapers extends to Pakenham, Moe , Poowong and Noojee . You will reach over 40,000 readers.

The Warragul Citizen is an online newspaper that has been published quarterly since 2011 and publishes articles written by the public.

Personalities

• Lionel Rose (1948-2011) - world boxing champion
• Kathryn Watt (* 1964) - Australia's first Olympic champion in cycling - won a gold medal in Barcelona in 1992 and later also a silver medal.

Web links

Commons : Warragul  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Baw Baw Shire website (English)
• Website of the Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE (English)
• Education Center Gippsland (English)
• Lardner Park
• Air Stats Warragul (English)
• The Warragul Citizen (English)
• Warragul Cycling Club (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Warragul ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
2. ^ Warragul, Victoria . The Age, February 8, 2004
3. ^ Post Office List . Premier Postal History
4. ↑ Warragul Linear Park Arts Discovery Trail ( Memento from March 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 237 kB)
5. ^ History of the Marist-Sion College (English, 2007) ( Memento of September 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
6. ↑ ^{a b} Pastoral Care . St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School (2007) ( Memento of February 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
7. ^ McMillan Campus . University of Melbourne (2007) ( Memento June 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
8. ↑ Information on McMillan. Education Center Gippsland (2007) ( Memento from August 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ Warragul . Australian Harness Racing
10. ↑ Warragul . Golf Select
11. ^ Warragul and Drouin Gazette Circulation . Warragul Regional Newspapers (2007)
12. ↑ Website of the Warragul Citizen (English)
13. ↑ Kathy Watt . Australian Olympic Committee (2007)