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| Population: | 12,943 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3820 | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: 38°10′S 145°57′E / 38.17°S 145.95°E | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 143 m (469 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Baw Baw | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Narracan | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McMillan | ||||||||||||
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Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people[1] 104 kilometres (65 mi) kilometres east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. The town is named after an Aboriginal word meaning "wild dog".[2]
Warragul is the main population and service centre of the West Gippsland region and the Shire of Baw Baw. The surrounding area is noted for dairy farming and other niche agriculture and has long been producing gourmet foods.
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History
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Warragul was settled after the construction of the Traralgon railway line in 1877, the Post Office opening on 16 March 1877.[3]
Existing roads were renamed Princes Highway after the visit to Australia in 1920 of the Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VIII). The highway was officially opened on August 10, 1920 at a ceremony in Warragul.
Warragul's Petersville Milk Products Factory in Queen Street supplied the famous Peters Ice Cream brand's factory in Mulgrave with all the dairy raw material (fresh cream and concentrated skim milk) for 35 years. The plant also manufactured skim milk powder under the famous Dutch Jug brand and butter under the Iceberg brand. It exported butter, butter oil and milk powders to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Events
Warragul is the major township closest to Lardner, the home of the Gippsland Field Days. Three major events are held at Lardner Park each year - the Farm World agricultural show, Trucks In Action and the Harvest of Gippsland. The Farm World agricultural show is a major drawcard for the Warragul area. Every year in late March, Warragul plays host to these Field Days at Lardner Park. The Field Days are Australia's premier mixed farming Field Days and they include one of Australia's most diverse ranges of beef cattle, dairying and horticulture exhibits.
Warragul is also home to the annual Warragul Show, which is held on the first Friday of March each year. It is traditionally a farming and livestock show, but includes rides, stalls, games, fireworks and showbags. It is held at the Warragul showgrounds.
Education
For a town of its size, Warragul has a large education industry with four primary schools, three secondary schools and two tertiary institutions.
Primary Schools
Both Warragul North Primary and Warragul Primary are state primary schools, St. Joseph's Catholic Primary is a Catholic school, and St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School is a Church of England primary school.
Secondary Schools
There are three secondary schools in Warragul, these include Warragul Regional College, Marist-Sion College and St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School. Warragul Regional College was formed in 1994 from the merger of Warragul High School and Warragul Secondary College. Marist-Sion College was formed in 1975 as a result of the merger between the Marist Brothers Boys College and the Our Lady of Sion Girls College.[4] St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School was formed in 1982 with just 19 year seven students and has grown quite significantly in recent years.[5] St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School is divided into two campuses, with the year 9 campus located in the former James Miller Rope Factory next to the golf course.[5]
Tertiary Institutions
The Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE has a campus located to the South of the CBD adjacent to the railway station. The Education Centre Gippsland has recently taken over the courses previously provided by the McMillan Institute of Land and Food Resources, a former campus of the University of Melbourne.[6][7] The courses offered encompass the areas of agriculture, equine management, harness racing, horticulture and conservation and land management.
Transport
The Warragul railway station is a staffed V/Line station located to the south of the Warragul CBD. The railway station is situated along the Bairnsdale railway line, which services the towns between Bairnsdale and Southern Cross Station in Melbourne.
Warragul has a modest bus network consisting of four routes within the town's boundaries. Each route has a frequency of three services a day. There are also bus services to neighbouring towns. The Warragul bus network was recently upgraded with the Myki technology, fitted to all town buses. This ticketing system will soon be implemented on the V/Line Train services.
Sport
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the major West Gippsland Latrobe Football League, the Warragul Football Club and another, the Warragul Industrials, competing in the Ellinbank & District Football League.[8]
The Warragul & District Junior Football League caters for younger Australian Rules footballers, with three teams based in Warragul, the Colts, Warranor (at Eastern Park) & the Blues (at Marist-Sion College ). The WDJFL has three competitions, consisting of the Under 10's, Under 12's and the Under 14.5's.
Warragul Harness Racing Club conducts regular meetings at its racetrack in the town.[9] The Warragul Greyhound Racing Club holds regular meetings at the Logan Park Showgrounds.[10] Golfers play at the course of the Warragul Country Club on Sutton Street.[11]
Warragul possesses one of the best outdoor velodromes in the state and is serviced by the Warragul Cycling Club, (WCC) which runs road races most Saturdays on the outskirts of the town.
The club hosts the Baw Baw Classic road race, held early each April. This race features one of the hardest climbs in the country and has been won by riders such as 2000 Cyclist of the year, Dave McKenzie, Tour de France Stage Winner, Simon Gerrans and 2009 Australian Road Champion, Peter McDonald.
Various club members hold current Victorian road and track titles
Local Media
Newspapers
Warragul has two weekly local newspapers, "The Warragul and Drouin Gazette" and a free publication, "The Trader". According to the Warragul Regional Newspapers website,[12] The Gazette and The Trader are distributed to locations from as far as Pakenham to Moe and from Poowong to Noojee covering over 40,000 readers.
Radio
Warragul has two commercial radio stations, AM 531 3GG and 94.3 Star FM (previously known as Sea FM), as well as a community radio station, 103.1 3BBR FM. 3GG commenced in 1937, then known as 3UL. It changed its name to 3GG in 1990.
The radio reception available in Warragul, includes many of the Melbourne commercial stations (such as 105.1 Triple M , Vega 91.5 fm, 3AW 693 , Nova 100), ABC Broadcasters (774 ABC Melbourne, 96.7 Triple J and 100.7 ABC Gippsland) and Gippsland commercial stations 99.5 TR FM and 1242 3GV.
Notable people from Warragul
- Gary Ayres - Former coach of the Adelaide Crows Football Club and former Hawthorn premiership player
- Jason Bargwanna - Current V8 Supercar driver and Bathurst 1000 winner in 2000[13]
- Andrew Dent AM - Doctor and Humanitarian Worker
- Gerard Donnelly - Former Australian Triathlon Ironman Champion and Commonwealth Games representative in Auckland 1990.
- Edward 'Carjie' Greeves - First Brownlow Medallist and Geelong Footballer
- John Guy - A leading British historian and biographer
- Craig Hutchison - TV personality on the Nine Network and Triple M radio personality
- Robert Murphy - Currently plays for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL
- Alan Noonan - Former VFL footballer for the Essendon Football Club and the Richmond Football Club[14]
- Andrew T. O'Connor - An Australian novelist
- Mark Ridgway - Former Tasmanian Tigers cricket player
- Barry Round - Footscray (Western Bulldogs) and Sydney Swans Brownlow Medallist
- Geoff Watt - Former long-distance runner and namesake of the local athletics track.
- Kathy Watt - Australia's first cycling gold medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics in the 181km road race. She also won a silver medal in the 3000m individual pursuit event at these Olympic games[15]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Warragul (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC26937&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
- ^ The Age (2004), Warragul, Victoria, The Age, 8 February 2004, viewed 4 May, 2007.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Marist-Sion College (2007), History of the College, viewed 4 May, 2007.
- ^ a b St. Paul's Anglican Grammar School (2007), Pastoral Care, viewed 21 May, 2007.
- ^ University of Melbourne (2007), McMillan Campus, viewed 21 May 2007.
- ^ Education Centre Gippsland (2007), McMillan Information, viewed 21 May 2007.
- ^ Full_Points Footy, Warragul_Industrials, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Warragul_Ind_.htm, retrieved 2008-07-25
- ^ Australian Harness Racing, Warragul, http://www.harness.org.au/warragul/warragul.cfm?fromstate=vic, retrieved 2009-05-11
- ^ Greyhound Racing Victoria, Warragul, http://warragul.grv.org.au/index.html, retrieved 2009-04-15
- ^ Golf Select, Warragul, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=332, retrieved 2009-05-11
- ^ Warragul Regional Newspapers (2007), Warragul and Drouin Gazette Circulation, viewed 4 May, 2007.
- ^ Jason Bargwanna (20009), Jason Bargwanna v8supercars.com.au, viewed 16 August 2009.
- ^ Baw Baw Shire Council (2007), Baw Baw Shire Sporting Walk of Fame Inductees, viewed 26 May, 2007.
- ^ Australian Olympic Committee (2007), Kathy Watt, viewed 4 May, 2007.
External links
- Baw Baw Shire
- Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE
- Education Centre Gippsland
- Lardner Park
- Warragul Climate Statistics
- Warragul Regional Newspapers
- Warragul Cycling Club
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