Wonthaggi

Wonthaggi

      town, southern Victoria, Australia. It lies 5 miles (8 km) inland from the coast on Bass Strait. The explorer William Hovell discovered black-coal deposits at nearby Cape Paterson in 1826, but early attempts at mining were unsuccessful. Coal deposits at Wonthaggi were known by the 1850s, but development was delayed until 1909, when a labour strike in the Newcastle fields of New South Wales forced the Victorian railroads to turn to new sources of coal.

      The town, whose name is derived from an Aboriginal term meaning “to drag,” or “to pull along,” was founded in 1910 and was made a borough and municipality in 1911. As the railroads are now diesel-powered, the Wonthaggi's coal reserves are no longer actively exploited. The town, however, manufactures blankets and medical supplies and is the service centre for the Bass Valley and Glen Alvie dairy districts. Connected to Melbourne (65 miles [105 km] northwest) by the Bass Highway, it is closely linked to the growing resort of Cape Paterson. Pop. (2001) urban centre, 6,136.

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