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Warracknabeal (/ ˈ w ɒr ɪ k n ə b iː l / WORR-ik-nə-beel) is a town in the Australian state of Victoria, located in the Victorian wheatbelt. [2] Situated on the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek , 330 km northwest of Melbourne , it is the business and services centre of the northern Wimmera and southern Mallee districts, and hosts local ...
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Warracknabeal is located on the banks of Yarriambiack Creek 343 km north-west of Melbourne via Donald and the Wimmera Highway and 341 km via Ballarat and Avoca. It is 113 m above sea-level.
Most sources agree that the name is a term used by the local Wotjobaluk Aborigines to describe the huge river redgums that line the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek.
The Sculptures The main street of Warracknabeal is an excellent example of community commitment to improving a town centre's streetscape with Federation Place as the centrepiece. Over 1700 named pavers - purchased by both past and present citizens as well as local businesses - have been laid and two sculptures, both commissioned from Yarraville scu...
Rabbit Fence Today it is nothing more than a monument beside the road but 27 km north of town along the highway is a reminder of the chaos and damage caused by the great rabbit plague of the 1870s and 1880s. A small section of the fence has been restored as a reminder that in 1883 the fence stretched from the South Australian border to Swan Hill on...
* Before the arrival of Europeans the district was occupied by the Wotjobaluk Aboriginal group. * The first European in the area was Major Thomas Mitchell in 1836 who declared it was "ready for the immediate reception of civilized man and destined perhaps to become a portion of a great empire". *The first squatters to arriver were Robert and Andrew...
The Tourist Information Centre is located at 119 Scott Street. It is open seven days from 9.00am - 5.00pm, tel: (03) 5398 1632.
The town of Warracknabeal is situated between Horsham and Hopetoun in the north-west of the state. Warracknabeal's commercial centre can be found along the northern end of Scott Street. It features a number of historic buildings including the Tudor-style post office (built in 1907) and the old State Savings Bank building (1909) which now houses ...
Today, Warracknabeal is a thriving rural commercial centre, with a permanent population of about 2400, at the centre of the major grain growing area of the State. Wheat and barley remain the main cash crops but canola, peas, beans and lupins provide the diversification necessary in modern farming.
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Warracknabeal, a rural town, is in the northern Wimmera region of north-west Victoria. It is 55 km north of Horsham and is at the intersection of the Borung and Henty Highways. The Warracknabeal district was settled as two pastoral runs in 1845, either side of the Yarriambiack Creek, by the brothers Andrew and Robert Scott.
Warracknabeal is a prosperous country town in the heart of Victoria's wheat-belt. In fact it is the largest receival centre in Victoria with an enormous storage area at the northern end of town which was originally part of a power alcohol distillery that operated in World War II.
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