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Wodonga is a city in the Australian state of Victoria , 307 km northeast of Melbourne . It is on the south bank of the Murray River on the New South Wales border across the river from the town of Albury . Wodonga belongs to the Local Government Area Wodonga City and has 18,948 inhabitants. Together with Albury, the city forms a metropolitan area with around 89,000 inhabitants.
history
Wodonga was founded as a customs post across from its sister city Albury and grew steadily after the opening of the first bridge over the Murray River in 1860. The original name Wodonga was later changed to Belvoir, but the city was finally called Wodonga again. The first post office was opened on June 1, 1856 under the name Belvoir, but renamed Wodonga on July 26, 1869. The city has always been seen as the smaller, less successful sister of Albury and was once called "Struggle Town". Today it is still smaller than Albury, but economic growth in the region has leveled the differences.
economy
Important secondary and tertiary industries in Wodonga are LOGIC , a logistics center, a large cattle market, a pet food manufacturer (Mars Corporation), a cardboard factory (VISY), a slaughterhouse and foundry ( Bradken Ltd.), and various smaller companies. The city is also an administrative center.
This is where the Australian headquarters of Mars, Inc. is located. In Wodonga there is also a logistics base and a training center for technical trainees of the Australian armed forces , Latchford Barracks . There is also a campus of La Trobe University and the Wodonga Institute of TAFE.
There have been various attempts to manage both cities across the border to bring them together.
Sports
There are three football clubs in Wodonga, Wodonga Football Club , Wodonga Raiders Football Club and Wodonga Saints Football Club . Wodonga and Wodonga Raiders play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, while the Wodonga Saints play in the Tallangatta & District Football League . There are also many other sports clubs in the region. Daniel Bradshaw , who led the Brisbane Lions to victory twice, Fraser Gehrig , the famous St. Kilda Saints football striker , and Timothy Redenbach are all from Wodonga.
A number of cricket clubs play in the Albury Wodonga Cricket Competition (CAW), e.g. B. the Belvoir Eagles , the Wodonga Bulldogs and the Wodonga Raiders . Traditionally the Belvoir Eagles are the most successful.
Wodonga also has a horse racing club, the Wodonga & District Turf Club , which hosts around 7 competitions a year, including the Wodonga Cup in November.
Golfers play on the SS&A Wodonga course on Parkers Road.
Australian national soccer players Archie Thompson and Joshua Kennedy played for the Twin City Wanderers as children . The Wodonga Diamonds Football Club and the Wodonga Panthers Soccer Club are other football clubs in the city. All three play in the Albury-Wodonga Football Association .
The largest rolling pin in the world is set up in Wodonga at Henri's Bakery and is mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records .
Wodonga also has an auto racing park with track and off-road racing tracks on the Lincoln Causeway .
Culture
Many arts and drama activities are organized across the state line, for example the HotHouse Theater is equidistant from Wodonga and Albury.
Wodonga is home to the Apex Club of Wodonga, the Wodonga Lions Club and two Rotary clubs - Belvoir-Wodonga Rotory Club and Wodonga Rotary Club. Volunteering is important to the city of Wodonga. Without them, festivities such as Australia Day , Christmas Carols and the line-up of saints across town during Advent and Christmas couldn't be organized. Recently, “Apexian” Dean Freeman was voted National Apexian of the Year for his volunteer work in the region and abroad .
traffic
Wodonga Station is on the Melbourne-Albury and Melbourne- Sydney lines . The latter, which ran through the middle of the city, was moved to the north of the city. A new train station was also recently built. The new railway line opened at the end of 2010 and the city celebrated the last train that went through the middle of the city with a festival day.
The Hume Highway - main route from Melbourne to Sydney - and the Murray Valley Highway , which runs along the south bank of the Murray River , cross in Wodonga .
Local public transport is organized by the Dyson Group, which has taken over Mylon Motorways and operates buses on some lines in the urban areas of Wodonga and Albury. The buses run rather rarely and are hardly used. There is also a long-distance bus service to the main cities.
There are also a number of cycle paths in Wodonga and Albury.
The Albury Airport , the shuttle flights to Melbourne and Sydney offers is not far from Wodonga removed.
Newspapers
Fairfax Media's daily newspaper , The Border Mail , is printed in Wodonga. There are editorial offices in Wodonga and Albury.
politics
Commonwealth of Australia
Wodonga belongs to the federal constituency Division of Indi. Current MP Sophie Mirabella is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia .
State of Victoria
Wodonga belongs to the electoral district of Benambra. Bill Tilley, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, was elected to that constituency in Victoria in 2006. In 2010 he was re-elected.
education
In 2006, the three state secondary schools were merged into the Wodonga Senior Secondary College for grades 10–12 and the Wodonga Middle Years College for grades 7–9 at two locations, Felltimber and Huon. Previously the secondary schools were Wodonga High School, Mitchell Secondary College, and Wodonga West Secondary College. The Wodonga High School celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2005. Jeremie Currie was taught at this school.
The seven private schools in Wodonga are Catholic College Wodonga, Trinity Anglican College, Victory Lutheran College, Mount Carmel Christian School, St. Augustine Primary School, Sta. Monica's Primary School and Frayne College.
Higher education was offered at TAFE's Wodonga Institute and La Trobe University .
In Wodonga is also the Flying Fruit Fly Circus School, the only circus school in Australia that is part of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and trains in the performing arts and for the circus . In 2003 a fire destroyed the former school building at Wodonga High School and the school had to move to Wodonga West Secondary College - now Wodonga Middle Years College - on the Felltimber campus.
La Trobe University
La Trobe University has a local campus in Wodonga with 917 students enrolled (as of May 28, 2008).
Personalities
- Herbert Schlink (1883–1962), doctor, hospital manager and winter sports enthusiast, born in Wodonga
Web links
- City Council of the City of Wodonga
- Video about the history of the Wodonga Saleyards. Culture Victoria
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics : Albury - Wodonga (Wodonga Part) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 20, 2020.
- ↑ Bureau of Meteorology, Australia: Climatic information Albury / Wodonga. World Meteorological Organization, accessed April 6, 2012 .
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Albury - Wodonga ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2020.
- ^ Post Office List . Premier Postal History
- ^ Wodonga & District Turf Club . Country Racing Victoria ( Memento of the original from January 7th, 2009 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.
- ^ SS&A Wodonga . The SS&A Club ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2010 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.
- ↑ Biggest Rolling Pin - Wodonga, Victoria . abc.net.au - Backyard ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ HotHouse Theater . Hothousetheatre.com.au
- ^ North East Rail Upgrade - Project Overview. Department of Transport. Government of Victoria ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2009 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.
- ^ Mylon Motorways - Temporary Timetable List . Buslines.com.au
- ^ Wodonga Senior Schools Set to Improve . Media Release: The Minister of Education. dpc.vic.gov.au ( Memento of the original from March 10, 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.
- ^ Flying Fruit Fly Circus's School Destroyed . The Age, February 3, 2003
- ^ Fruit Flies to Flock at Wodonga West . Media Release: The Minister of Education. dpc.vic.gov.au (April 28, 2004) ( Memento of the original of March 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ La Trobe University Enrolement Statistics . La Trobe University ( Memento of the original from August 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
