Country Towns | Victoria
Country Towns | Victoria - Suburbs, Shires & Councils - Around Melbourne
Victorian country towns..
Asked recently, where do Melbourne suburbs finish and country towns begin? Good question.. we went with a 25klm radius. Anything within 25k is a suburb.
Asked recently, where do Melbourne suburbs finish and country towns begin? Good question.. we went with a 25klm radius. Anything within 25k is a suburb.
--> Boorhamen
Boorhamen is a rural village near the Ovens river, 15 km. north of Wangaratta in north-eastern Victoria. The Boorhamen pastoral station was recorded in 1865 as a subdivision of the earlier...
--> Numurkah
Numurkah, a rural township in north Victoria, is about mid-way between Shepparton and the Murray River. It is situated on Broken Creek, in the Murray Valley irrigation area. After the pastoral...
--> Taggerty
Taggerty is a small town and farming district on the Maroondah Highway, 82 km. north-east of Melbourne and 18 km. south of Alexandra. It is in the Acheron Valley and is situated where the Acheron...
--> Merriang
Merriang is a rural district 28 km. north of Melbourne, about midway between Whittlesea and the Hume Highway. Its name is thought to be Aboriginal for a stone chopper. The area was first occupied...
--> Yellingbo
Yellingbo is a rural district 48 kn. east of Melbourne, south of Woori Yallock. The district was originally named Claxton after the proprietor of the store and post office on the Woori Yallock...
--> Yarck
Yarck is one of several small township/districts north of Alexandra, and is 92 km. north-east of Melbourne on the Maroondah Highway. Yarck was the name of a cattle station, thought to be derived...
--> Tallygaroopna
Tallygaroopna is a rural district and small township on the Goulburn Valley highway and railway 15 km. north of Shepparton, in northern Victoria. It was named after the Tallygaroopna pastoral run,...
--> Upotipotpon
Upotipotpon is an agricultural district 4 km. north of Violet Town. Its name came from the Upotipotpon pastoral station (1841) of about 16,600 ha., occupying land between Broken River and Stony...
--> 57 Main Street Rutherglen
Rutherglen is one of Victoria's ultimate wine and food destinations, boasting over 20 award-winning wineries, outstanding restaurants and cafes, and world-class local produce. Also home to some of...
--> Picola
Picola is a rural village and district in northern Victoria, 11 km. north-west of Nathalia. Its name is thought to derive from an Aboriginal word either describing an Aboriginal sub-group or meaning...
--> Yarra Glen
Yarra Glen is situated a little north of a flood plain through which the Yarra River flows. It has a substantial township which is 40 km. north-east of Melbourne. It was probably named after the...
--> Wunghnu
Wunghnu is a rural township in northern Victoria 7 km. south of Numurkah, on the Goulburn Valley Highway and railway between Shepparton and Numurkah. It is situated on Nine Mile Creek in the Murray...
--> Toolangi
Toolangi is a rural township and locality 52 km. north-east of Melbourne. It is situated near the Yea River in the Great Dividing Range, and is reached by the Healesville-Kinglake Road. The name...
--> Yarroweyah
Yarroweyah is a rural village and district 6 km. west of Cobram in northern Victorian. It is on the branch railway line between Strathmerton and Cobram. Yarroweyah (also spelt Yarroweya), was the...
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