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Euroa

Euroa is a town in the Shire of Strathbogie in the north-east of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Euroa's population was 3,116.

The name Euroa comes from an Aboriginal word in the old local dialect meaning 'joyful'.[citation needed]

Major T.L. Mitchell camped on the banks of the Seven Creeks at Euroa during his 1836 "Australia Felix" expedition. The Post Office opened on 1 January 1854 in the old town, as the township was settled.

Euroa's claim to fame is that the National Bank was robbed by Ned Kelly in 1878. Much of the region's wealth once came from sheep but now it comes from horse studs.

The Euroa Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1990.

Euroa contains a number of heritage-listed sites, including:

Euroa is roughly midway between Melbourne and Albury. The area is geographically very flat, as the town is located in the huge Goulburn Valley, however the Strathbogie Ranges are not far away.

Euroa possesses a humid subtropical climate bordering on an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfa/Cfb), with very warm, relatively dry summers and cool, wetter winters. Average maxima vary from 29.7 °C (85.5 °F) in February to 12.3 °C (54.1 °F) in July while average minima fluctuate between 15.3 °C (59.5 °F) in January and 4.1 °C (39.4 °F) in July. Mean precipitation is moderately low (averaging 648.9 mm (25.55 in) per annum). Euroa receives 100.6 precipitation days annually, with a maximum frequency of rain in winter. Extreme temperatures have ranged from 42.8 °C (109.0 °F) on 31 January 1968 to −3.5 °C (25.7 °F) on 6 August 1974.

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