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Warragul
Victoria
Population: 12,943[1]
Postcode: 3820
Elevation: 143 m (469 ft)
Location:
LGA: Shire of Baw Baw
State District: Narracan
Federal Division: McMillan
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Localities around Warragul:
Drouin East Lillico Nilma North
Drouin Warragul Nilma
Drouin South Lardner Bull Swamp

Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people[1] 104 kilometres (65 mi) kilometres east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. Drouin is a major service town located in West Gippsland, 90 km east of Melbourne. Nilma is a small town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia located between Warragul and Darnum. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Warragul lies amid rolling hills between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. Strzelecki Ranges, also known as Strzelecki Hills is a low mountain range situated in the Gippsland region of south-eastern Australia between the Latrobe Location It is about 120 east of Melbourne and 50 km north of the Latrobe Valley The town is named after an Aboriginal word meaning "wild dog". Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. [2]

Warragul is the main population and service centre of the West Gippsland region and the Shire of Baw Baw. Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border The Shire of Baw Baw is a Local Government Area in Victoria Australia. The surrounding area is noted for dairy farming and other niche agriculture and has long been producing gourmet foods. Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an Animal husbandry enterprise for long-term production of Milk, which may be either processed on-site or Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture

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History

Warragul was settled after the construction of the Traralgon railway line in 1877. This article is about the V/Line service For the railway itself see Orbost railway line The Traralgon Line is a regional passenger rail Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common

Existing roads were renamed Princes Highway after the visit to Australia in 1920 of the Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VIII). The Princes Highway is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 that extends from Sydney to Adelaide and Port Augusta South Australia Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The highway was officially opened on August 10, 1920 at a ceremony in Warragul. Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar

Warragul's Petersville Milk Products Factory in Queen Street supplied the famous Peters Ice Cream brand's factory in Mulgrave with all the dairy raw material (fresh cream and concentrated skim milk) for 35 years. Petersville Australia Limited was an Australian public company which specialized in Food product manufacture distribution and marketing until its Takeover Peters Ice Cream is an Australian Ice cream brand developed by American expatriate Fred Peters in 1907 using his mother's recipe Mulgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The local government area is the City of Monash. The plant also manufactured skim milk powder under the famous Dutch Jug brand and butter under the Iceberg brand. It exported butter, butter oil and milk powders to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

Events

Warragul is the major township closest to Lardner, the home of the Gippsland Field Days. Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border Three major events are held at Lardner Park each year - the Farm World agricultural show, Trucks In Action and the Harvest of Gippsland. The Farm World agricultural show is a major drawcard for the Warragul area. Every year in late March, Warragul plays host to these Field Days at Lardner Park. The Field Days are Australia's premier mixed farming Field Days and they include one of Australia's most diverse ranges of beef cattle, dairying and horticulture exhibits.

Warragul is also home to the annual Warragul Show, which is held on the first Friday of March each year. The Warragul Show is a festival held annually in Warragul since 1885 a town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria in Australia. It is traditionally a farming and livestock show, but includes rides, stalls, games, fireworks and showbags. It is held at the Warragul showgrounds.

Education

For a town of its size, Warragul has a large education industry with four primary schools, three secondary schools and two tertiary institutions.

Primary Schools

Both Warragul North Primary and Warragul Primary are state primary schools, St. Joseph's Catholic Primary is a Catholic school, and St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School is a Church of England primary school. St Paul's Anglican Grammar School is a Coeducational Anglican Independent school founded in 1982 in Warragul, Victoria,

Secondary Schools

There are three secondary schools in Warragul, these include Warragul Regional College, Marist-Sion College and St. Paul`s Anglican Grammar School. Warragul Regional College was formed in 1994 from the merger of Warragul High School and Warragul Secondary College. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Marist-Sion College was formed in 1975 as a result of the merger between the Marist Brothers Boys College and the Our Lady of Sion Girls College[3]. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School was formed in 1982 with just 19 year seven students and has grown quite significantly in recent years[4]. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School is divided into two campuses, with the year 9 campus located in the former James Miller Rope Factory next to the golf course[5].

Tertiary Institutions

The Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE has a campus located to the South of the CBD adjacent to the railway station. Technical and Further Education or TAFE (pronounced) institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational tertiary education courses in Australia Warragul is major station on the Bairnsdale railway line line east of Melbourne serving the town of Warragul, Victoria, Australia The Education Centre Gippsland has recently taken over the courses previously provided by the McMillan Institute of Land and Food Resources, a former campus of the University of Melbourne[6][7]. The University of Melbourne is a Public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. The courses offered encompass the areas of agriculture, equine management, harness racing, horticulture and conservation and land management. Agriculture refers to the production of goods through the growing of plants and fungi and the raising of domesticated Animals The study of agriculture The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. Harness racing is a form of Horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait Horticulture is the art and science of plant cultivation Horticulturists (or horticuluralists) work and conduct research in the fields of Plant propagation "Conservation Biology" redirects here For the Scientific journal, see Conservation Biology (journal.

Transport

The Warragul railway station is a staffed V/Line station located to the south of the Warragul CBD. Warragul is major station on the Bairnsdale railway line line east of Melbourne serving the town of Warragul, Victoria, Australia V/Line is a not for profit regional passenger train and coach service in Victoria, Australia. The railway station is situated along the Bairnsdale railway line, which services the towns between Bairnsdale and Southern Cross Station in Melbourne. This article is about the V/Line service For the railway itself see Orbost railway line The Bairnsdale Line is a regional passenger rail Bairnsdale ( is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. With a population at the 2006 census of 11282 it is a major regional centre Southern Cross (formerly Spencer Street and before that Batman's Hill) is a major railway station and transport hub of Melbourne, Victoria

Local Media

Newspapers

Warragul has two weekly local newspapers, "The Warragul and Drouin Gazette" and a free publication, "The Trader". According to the Warragul Regional Newspapers website[8], The Gazette and The Trader are distributed to locations from as far as Pakenham to Moe and from Poowong to Noojee covering over 40,000 readers. Pakenham is an outer satellite suburb 56 km south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, currently growing rapidly and in the process of becoming Moe (pronounced MO-ee, /'moui/ is a city in the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Poowong is a small Dairying town located in South Gippsland Victoria. Noojee is a town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, located north of Warragul and east of Melbourne, in the Baw

Radio

Warragul has two commercial radio stations, AM 531 3GG and 94.3 Star FM (previously known as Sea FM), as well as a community radio station, 103. 3GG is a regional talk radio station that operates in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. 1 3BBR FM. 3GG commenced in 1937, then known as 3UL. It changed its name to 3GG in 1990.

Notable people from Warragul

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Lionel Edward Rose, MBE (born June 21, 1948) is an Australian Bantamweight boxer, now retired who became the first The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) is Australia 's national statistical agency. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Warragul (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-08-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed
  2. ^ The Age (2004), Warragul, Victoria, The Age, 8 February 2004, viewed 4 May, 2007.
  3. ^ Marist-Sion College (2007), History of the College, viewed 4 May, 2007.
  4. ^ St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School (2007), Pastoral Care, viewed 21 May, 2007.
  5. ^ St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School (2007), Pastoral Care, viewed 21 May, 2007.
  6. ^ University of Melbourne (2007), McMillan Campus, viewed 21 May 2007.
  7. ^ Education Centre Gippsland (2007), McMillan Information, viewed 21 May 2007.
  8. ^ Warragul Regional Newspapers (2007), Warragul and Drouin Gazette Circulation, viewed 4 May, 2007.
  9. ^ The Age (2007), Jackson to Quit Qantas Board, The Age, 17 May 2007, viewed 21 May, 2007.
  10. ^ Baw Baw Shire Council (2007), Baw Baw Shire Sporting Walk of Fame Inductees, viewed 26 May, 2007.
  11. ^ Australian Olympic Committee (2007), Kathy Watt, viewed 4 May, 2007.

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