Wangaratta

Wangaratta

      city, northern Victoria, Australia. It lies at the confluence of the Ovens and King rivers, northeast of Melbourne. The site was first settled in 1837 by a sheepherder, George Faithfull, and was proclaimed a town in 1845. Its name is derived from an Aboriginal term meaning either “meeting of the rivers” or “home of the cormorants.” The city is a junction of the Hume and Ovens highways and also a rail junction, and it serves as a gateway to the Australian Alps. It is a regional centre for the marketing and processing of wool, wheat, grapes, dairy products, tobacco, and flax. Industries include woolen and nylon factories, motor-engineering works, and bulk storage of petroleum and gas.

      A high-technology computer facility was established at Wangaratta in 1984. The city is also the site of an Anglican cathedral and the see of a bishop. An Australia Day sports competition is held there each January. It became a borough in 1863 and a city in 1959. Pop. (2001) urban centre, 15,527.

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