Whorouly
Whorouly is a city in North-Eastern Victoria, Australia. The city is located in the valley of the ovens river and in the rural city of Wangaratta local government area, 274 km 170 miles North-East of the state capital, Melbourne and 32.3 20.1 kilometers South-East of the regional centre of Wangaratta. In the 2011 census, Whorouly and the surrounding area lived 519. Until 1994, the government of Kenneth associations Council and the establishment of the rural city of Wangaratta, the city was in the now-defunct Shire of Oxley. The city can easily be missed, sitting as it does from the main highway of the valley between the snow road C522, which goes from the junction on the M31 Hume highway and great Alpine road B500, which runs between Wangaratta and Omeo. However, just 5 minutes from the road. The town was surveyed and proclaimed in 1868, taking the name of the nearby station. Whorouly primary school was opened in 1874. The first European settlers established large objects grazing, but after the Victorian gold rush, not bring about a settlement has taken place. The land was released in 320 ha 130 ha lot, provided that part of the land was cleared for agriculture. Until the 1980-ies a large part of the territory along the river furnaces were planted with tobacco. Other industries in the area include beef and dairy cattle, gardens and orchards. In recent years, wine grape growing was introduced in the area, so being on top of the ovens valley and the valley of the kings, is the centre of a significant food region with many farm gate and arrange sales door. Local Aussie rules football team, Whorouly football club, playing in the Ovens and king football League. The city currently include churches, childrens Playground, sports ground and public hall, a combined elementary school and preschool, a combined hotel / pub / General store, local famous cafe called 2 chefs and several cafes catering holidays and B& BS. There is also a garage with fuel. The garage was known as the Whorouly motors, but recently changed its name to Alpine performance changing focus to increase performance of cars and motorcycles market in the region.