Wunghnu, Victoria

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Wunghnu Victoria
Population:	239 (2001 Census)
Postcode:	3635
Location:	204 km from Melbourne 26 km from Shepparton 7 km from Numurkah
LGA:	Moira Shire
State District:	Murray Valley
Federal Division:	Murray

Wunghnu is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Moira Shire Local government area, 204 kilometres north of the state capital, Melbourne and has a population of 239.

The town is noted for its canoe trees; Grey box eucalypts that were stripped of bark by the indigenous inhabitants to construct watercraft. The scars on these stripped trees can be seen in the town common bushland reserve, bordering the Goulburn Valley Highway, the main throughway through town.

Wunghnu is pronounced "one-ewe" and is therefore the subject of jokes professing it to be the largest sheep station in the world.

[edit] See also

Wunghnu Football Club

[edit] External links

Travelmate site
Moira Shire Council - Official site

Towns in the Moira Shire Local Government Area
Barmah \| Cobram \| Katamatite \| Katunga \| Koonoomoo \| Nathalia \| Numurkah \| Picola \| St James \| Strathmerton \| Tungamah \| Waaia \| Wunghnu \| Yarroweyah \| Yarrawonga