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Ouyen
Ouyen /ˈoʊjən/ is a town and locality in Victoria, Australia, located in the Rural City of Mildura at the junction of the Calder Highway and Mallee Highway, 105 kilometres (65 mi) south of Mildura, and 441 km (274 mi) northwest of Melbourne. At the 2021 census, the locality had a population of 1,170.
The area was first occupied by the Wergaia Indigenous Australians. The name is believed to be derived from the Wergaia word "wuya-wuya", which some believe means "pink-eared duck", whilst others claim it means "ghost waterhole".
The town was established around the Ouyen railway station, built in 1906 on the Mildura Line. The Post Office opened on 22 October 1907. It is also the junction for a railway line west parallel to the Mallee Highway. This line is currently in poor condition and used only for collecting grain from silos in small towns between Ouyen and the South Australian border, as the Victorian part is broad gauge, but the line from Pinnaroo to Tailem Bend has been converted to standard gauge, with no facility for handling the break of gauge. The line was used for interstate freight and The Overland[citation needed] as a broad gauge connection, while the main Melbourne to Adelaide line (through Bordertown) was being converted from broad to standard gauge in 1995.
Property became available for purchase in 1911, and much of it was cleared for sheep grazing, and crops of wheat and oats.
Ouyen is the commercial, cultural and transport centre for the surrounding grain farming region. Trucks bring grain to the silos at harvest time to be railed to Portland or Adelaide for shipping, or to flour mills for processing.
Ouyen has an Australian rules football team, Ouyen United, competing in the Sunraysia Football League.
Golfers play at the Ouyen Golf Club on Daker Street. The clubhouse also houses the Ouyen Tennis Club which hosts an annual grass court tournament on the March labour day weekend.
The area includes a number of previous localities which existed when the population was larger: on the Mallee Highway, Galah about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the west which had a post office from 1911 (when the railway arrived) until 1976, Galah North 34°59′S 142°10′E / 34.983°S 142.167°E with a post office from 1925 until 1927 and Tiega 35°05′S 142°13′E / 35.083°S 142.217°E with a post office from 1911 until 1961; to the south-west Timberoo and Timberoo South with a post office from 1913 until 1933; in the north Wymlet with a post office from 1912 until 1963, Trinita with a post office from 1925 until 1936, Kiamal with a post office from 1917 until 1980 and Cramerton with a post office from 1924 until 1969; and in the south Boulka with a post office in 1921, Bronzewing with a post office from 1921 until 1967, Nunga with a post office from 1914 until 1967, Gypsum Siding with a post office from 1922 until 1940, Boorongie and Boorongie North.
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Ouyen
Ouyen /ˈoʊjən/ is a town and locality in Victoria, Australia, located in the Rural City of Mildura at the junction of the Calder Highway and Mallee Highway, 105 kilometres (65 mi) south of Mildura, and 441 km (274 mi) northwest of Melbourne. At the 2021 census, the locality had a population of 1,170.
The area was first occupied by the Wergaia Indigenous Australians. The name is believed to be derived from the Wergaia word "wuya-wuya", which some believe means "pink-eared duck", whilst others claim it means "ghost waterhole".
The town was established around the Ouyen railway station, built in 1906 on the Mildura Line. The Post Office opened on 22 October 1907. It is also the junction for a railway line west parallel to the Mallee Highway. This line is currently in poor condition and used only for collecting grain from silos in small towns between Ouyen and the South Australian border, as the Victorian part is broad gauge, but the line from Pinnaroo to Tailem Bend has been converted to standard gauge, with no facility for handling the break of gauge. The line was used for interstate freight and The Overland[citation needed] as a broad gauge connection, while the main Melbourne to Adelaide line (through Bordertown) was being converted from broad to standard gauge in 1995.
Property became available for purchase in 1911, and much of it was cleared for sheep grazing, and crops of wheat and oats.
Ouyen is the commercial, cultural and transport centre for the surrounding grain farming region. Trucks bring grain to the silos at harvest time to be railed to Portland or Adelaide for shipping, or to flour mills for processing.
Ouyen has an Australian rules football team, Ouyen United, competing in the Sunraysia Football League.
Golfers play at the Ouyen Golf Club on Daker Street. The clubhouse also houses the Ouyen Tennis Club which hosts an annual grass court tournament on the March labour day weekend.
The area includes a number of previous localities which existed when the population was larger: on the Mallee Highway, Galah about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) to the west which had a post office from 1911 (when the railway arrived) until 1976, Galah North 34°59′S 142°10′E / 34.983°S 142.167°E with a post office from 1925 until 1927 and Tiega 35°05′S 142°13′E / 35.083°S 142.217°E with a post office from 1911 until 1961; to the south-west Timberoo and Timberoo South with a post office from 1913 until 1933; in the north Wymlet with a post office from 1912 until 1963, Trinita with a post office from 1925 until 1936, Kiamal with a post office from 1917 until 1980 and Cramerton with a post office from 1924 until 1969; and in the south Boulka with a post office in 1921, Bronzewing with a post office from 1921 until 1967, Nunga with a post office from 1914 until 1967, Gypsum Siding with a post office from 1922 until 1940, Boorongie and Boorongie North.