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Kyabram
Kyabram (/kaɪˈæbrəm/) is a town in north central Victoria, Australia. Kyabram is located in the centre of a rich irrigation district in the Goulburn River Valley, 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Melbourne. The name of the town is thought to derive from a Bangerang word 'Kiambram' meaning 'thick forest'.
It is the second-largest town in the Shire of Campaspe, situated between the towns of Echuca and Shepparton and is close to the Murray River, Goulburn River, Campaspe River and Waranga Basin. As of the 2021 census the town had a population of 7,416 people and provides services to a district population of around 16,000. Surrounding smaller towns include Merrigum, Lancaster, Undera, Cooma, Wyuna, Kyvalley, Girgarre, Stanhope and Tongala.
The Pangerang people (also spelled Bangerang) are the original inhabitants of the Goulburn Valley area.
Settlement of the township began in the 1870s with the first sale of town blocks held in 1876. Kyabram Post Office opened on 23 September 1878. Sheridan Post Office opened on 1 December 1884. On 8 April 1886, in anticipation of the arrival of the railway at what was then Sheridan, Kyabram was renamed Kyabram East and Sheridan was renamed Kyabram. The Kyabram Mechanics' Institute was built in 1891.
John Allan, who lived in Kyabram from 1873, became Premier of Victoria in 1924 and was Australia's first Country Party premier. Allan was associated with the Kyabram Reform Movement, a conservative political organisation formed at the start of the 20th century and led by Benjamin Goddard, a local businessman. The movement's campaign played a significant role in the downfall of the Peacock state government in June 1902 and its sound defeat in the subsequent October election. The incoming Irvine government substantially reduced the number of state parliamentarians, a key demand of the movement.
Kyabram was formally proclaimed a town on 4 July 1973.[citation needed]
The Kyabram Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1990.
Kyabram has a semi-arid-influenced humid subtropcial climate (Köppen: Cfa), with warm to hot, dry summers and cool, rather cloudy winters. Mean maximum temperatures vary from 30.5 °C (86.9 °F) in January to 13.2 °C (55.8 °F) in July, and mean minima range from 14.9 °C (58.8 °F) in February to 3.1 °C (37.6 °F) in July.
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Kyabram
Kyabram (/kaɪˈæbrəm/) is a town in north central Victoria, Australia. Kyabram is located in the centre of a rich irrigation district in the Goulburn River Valley, 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of Melbourne. The name of the town is thought to derive from a Bangerang word 'Kiambram' meaning 'thick forest'.
It is the second-largest town in the Shire of Campaspe, situated between the towns of Echuca and Shepparton and is close to the Murray River, Goulburn River, Campaspe River and Waranga Basin. As of the 2021 census the town had a population of 7,416 people and provides services to a district population of around 16,000. Surrounding smaller towns include Merrigum, Lancaster, Undera, Cooma, Wyuna, Kyvalley, Girgarre, Stanhope and Tongala.
The Pangerang people (also spelled Bangerang) are the original inhabitants of the Goulburn Valley area.
Settlement of the township began in the 1870s with the first sale of town blocks held in 1876. Kyabram Post Office opened on 23 September 1878. Sheridan Post Office opened on 1 December 1884. On 8 April 1886, in anticipation of the arrival of the railway at what was then Sheridan, Kyabram was renamed Kyabram East and Sheridan was renamed Kyabram. The Kyabram Mechanics' Institute was built in 1891.
John Allan, who lived in Kyabram from 1873, became Premier of Victoria in 1924 and was Australia's first Country Party premier. Allan was associated with the Kyabram Reform Movement, a conservative political organisation formed at the start of the 20th century and led by Benjamin Goddard, a local businessman. The movement's campaign played a significant role in the downfall of the Peacock state government in June 1902 and its sound defeat in the subsequent October election. The incoming Irvine government substantially reduced the number of state parliamentarians, a key demand of the movement.
Kyabram was formally proclaimed a town on 4 July 1973.[citation needed]
The Kyabram Magistrates' Court closed on 1 January 1990.
Kyabram has a semi-arid-influenced humid subtropcial climate (Köppen: Cfa), with warm to hot, dry summers and cool, rather cloudy winters. Mean maximum temperatures vary from 30.5 °C (86.9 °F) in January to 13.2 °C (55.8 °F) in July, and mean minima range from 14.9 °C (58.8 °F) in February to 3.1 °C (37.6 °F) in July.
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