Murtoa, Victoria
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| Murtoa Victoria |
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 Marina St, Murtoa. |
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| Population: | 912 (2006)[1] |
| Postcode: | 3390 |
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| LGA: | Shire of Yarriambiack |
| State District: | Swan Hill |
| Federal Division: | Mallee |
Murtoa is a wheat district town in Victoria, Australia, situated around Lake Marma on the Wimmera Highway, 305 kilometres (190 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. The town in the Shire of Yarriambiack local government area. At the 2006 census, Murtoa had a population of 912.
The name Murtoa is believed to come from a local Aboriginal word meaning "home of the lizard".
Because wheat could not be exported during the Second World War, the Stick Grain Shed, 260m long and 60m wide, was built from 640 unmilled tree trunks in 1941. The present day Murtoa silos can hold up to 400,000 tonnes of grain.
Murtoa was also the birthplace of distinguished psychiatrist John Cade.
[edit] References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Murtoa (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
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