Wodonga, Victoria
Wodonga is a city in the Australian state of Victoria, 307 km north-east of Melbourne. It lies on the southern bank of the Murray River on the border with New South Wales against the City of Albury on the other side. Wodonga is part of the Local Government Area Wodonga City and has 29 710 inhabitants. Together with Albury forms the city a metropolitan area with about 74,000 residents.
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History
Wodonga was established as a customs office in relation to its sister city of Albury and grew after the opening of the first bridge over the Murray River 1860 steadily. The original name was later changed to Belvoir Wodonga, finally, the city was called but again Wodonga. The first post office was opened on June 1, 1856 under the name of Belvoir, but was renamed on July 26, 1869 in Wodonga. The city has always been considered the smaller, less successful sister of Albury and was once (German: Battle City) " Struggle Town" called. Today, it is still smaller than Albury, but the economic growth in the region has leveled the differences.
Economy
Important secondary and tertiary economic activities in Wodonga are LOGIC, a logistics center, a large cattle market, a pet food manufacturer (Mars Corporation ), a cardboard factory ( VISY ), a slaughterhouse and (. Bradken Ltd. ), a foundry, and several smaller companies. The city is also an administrative center.
There lies the Australian headquarters of Mars, Inc.. Wodonga Add a logistics base and a training center for technical trainees of the Australian Defence Force is located, Latchford Barracks. There is also a campus of La Trobe University, Wodonga Institute of TAFE and the.
There have been various attempts, both cities over the border to manage away, to bring them together.
Sports
There are three football clubs in Wodonga, the Wodonga Football Club, the Wodonga Raiders Football Club and the Wodonga Saints Football Club. Wodonga and Wodonga Raiders play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, while the Wodonga Saints compete in the Tallangatta & District Football League. In addition, there are many other sports clubs in the region. Daniel Bradshaw, who has the Brisbane Lions out twice to win, Fraser Gehrig, the famous football strikers in the St Kilda Saints and Timothy Redenbach are all made of Wodonga.
A number of cricket clubs play in the Cricket Albury Wodonga - Competition ( CAW ), eg the Belvoir Eagle, the Wodonga Wodonga Bulldogs and the Raiders. Traditionally, the Belvoir Eagles the most successful.
Wodonga also has a horse racing club, the Wodonga & District Turf Club, which organizes competitions in about 7 years, including the Wodonga Cup in November.
Golfers playing on the course of the SS & A Wodonga in the Parker Road.
The Australian national football team, Archie Thompson and Joshua Kennedy played as kids for the Twin City Wanderers. The Wodonga Diamonds Football Club and the Wodonga Panthers Soccer Club are further football clubs in the city. All three games in the Albury Wodonga Football Association -.
The largest rolling pin in the world is built in Wodonga on the Henri 's Bakery and mentioned in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Wodonga also has a car park with track racing and off-road racing circuits at Lincoln Causeway.
Culture
Many art and drama activities are organized across the state boundary, as is for example the HotHouse Theatre Albury and Wodonga equidistant from away.
In Wodonga, the Apex Club of Wodonga have the Wodonga Lions Club and two Rotary clubs established - Belvoir - Wodonga Wodonga Rotory Club and Rotary Club. Volunteering is important for the City of Wodonga. Without them could festivities, such as the Australia Day, Christmas Carols and preparation of the saints throughout the city during the Advent and Christmas season, are not organized. Recently, the " Apexianer " Dean Freeman for his volunteer work in the region and abroad, was elected National Apexian of the Year.
Traffic
The Wodonga railway station is on the railway lines Albury - Melbourne and Melbourne - Sydney. The latter, which ran through the city area in the middle, was moved to the north of the city. A new railway station was recently built. The new railway line was opened in late 2010, the city celebrated the last train that drove through the city with a feast day.
In Wodonga, the Hume Highway crossing - the main route from Melbourne to Sydney - and the Murray Valley Highway, which runs along the south bank of the Murray River.
Public transport is organized by the Dyson Group, Mylon Motorways has taken and buses can take some lines in the urban areas of Wodonga and Albury. The buses run rather rare and are hardly used. There is also a long distance bus services to the main cities.
In Wodonga and Albury there are also a number of bike lanes.
The Albury airport offering connecting flights to Melbourne and Sydney is not far from Wodonga.
Newspapers
The daily newspaper of Fairfax Media, The Border Mail, is printed in Wodonga. Editors are available in Wodonga and Albury.
Policy
Commonwealth of Australia
Wodonga is part of the Federal Constituency Division of Indi. The current MP Sophie Mirabella is a member of the Liberal Party of Australia.
State of Victoria
Wodonga belongs to the state constituency Benambra. Bill Tilley, a member of the Liberal Party of Australia, was elected in 2006 as Member of this constituency in the Parliament of Victoria. In 2010 he was re-elected.
Education
2006, the three state secondary schools were merged to Wodonga Senior Secondary College for grades 10-12 and Wodonga Middle Years College for grades 7-9 at two locations Fell Timber and Huon. Previously welcomed the secondary schools Wodonga High School, Mitchell Secondary College and Wodonga West Secondary College. The Wodonga High School had its 50th anniversary celebration in 2005. Jeremie Currie was a student at this school.
The seven private schools in Wodonga are the Catholic College Wodonga, Trinity Anglican College, Victory Lutheran College, the Mount Carmel Christian School, St. Augustine Primary School, the Sta. Monica's Primary School and Frayne College.
Higher education was offered at Wodonga Institute of TAFE and La Trobe University.
In Wodonga is also Flying Fruit Fly Circus School, the only circus school in Australia, which is part of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and trains in the performing arts and for the circus. 2003 a fire destroyed the former school building at the Wodonga High School and the school had to the Wodonga West Secondary College - now Wodonga Middle Years College - move on the fur Timber campus.
La Trobe University
The La Trobe University has a local campus in Wodonga, where 917 students are enrolled (as of May 28, 2008).