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Warragul
KNOWLEDGE OF Warragul
Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 10,397 people (census 2001), 100 kilometres east of Melbourne. The town is named after an aboriginal word meaning, "Wild Dog." It is sometimes referred to as [sunny] Gul Vegas by the youth of the town, due to it's many entertainment facilities.
Warragul is the major township closest Lardner, which is the home of the Gippsland Field Days. Two major events are held at Lardner Park each year. The first is the Farmworld agricultural show and the second is Trucks In Action. Warragul was settled after the construction of the Traralgon railway line in 1877. Warragul has produced outstanding gourment foods for most of its existence. Also noted for its sports heroes: Kathy Watt (cycling gold medal, Barcelona Olympics 1992); former coach of Adelaide Crows Football Team and former Hawthorn premiership player Gary Ayres; Footscray (Western Bulldogs) and Sydney Swans Brownlow Medalist Barry Round; first Brownlow Medalist and Geelong Footballer Edward 'Carjie' Greeves; and boxing champion Lionel Rose of Jackson's Track near Drouin.
It is regarded as a dairy farming and niche agriculture centre which lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau to the north in the Great Dividing Range.
McMillan Institute of Land and Food Resources (University of Melbourne) has a campus in Warragul specializing in training for dairy, horticulture and horses as well as farm management.
For a town of such a small population, Warragul has a large education industry with several primary and secondary schools. Warragul has two State Primary schools (Warragul North Primary, Warragul Primary) one Catholic primary (St Joseph's Catholic Primary) and a Church of England primary, St Pauls.
Warragul has three secondary schools; Warragul Secondary College, Marist Sion Catholic College which is the reult of a merger between St Joseph's Marist Brothers College and Our Lady of Sion Girls College in the late 70's, and St Paul's Anglican Grammar School.
Warragul's Petersville Milk Products Factory in Queen Street, supplied the famous Peters Ice Cream brand's factory in Mulgrave with all the dairy raw material (fresh cream and concentrated skim milk) for 35 years. The plant also manufactured skilm milk powder under the famous Dutch Jug brand and butter under the Iceberg brand. It exported butter, butteroil and milk powders to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Existing roads were re-named ‘Princes Highway’ after the visit to Australia in 1920 of the Prince of Wales (who became King Edward VIII, thence the late Duke of Windsor). The highway was officially opened on August 10 1920 at Warragul.
Warragul is the major township closest Lardner, which is the home of the Gippsland Field Days. Two major events are held at Lardner Park each year. The first is the Farmworld agricultural show and the second is Trucks In Action. Warragul was settled after the construction of the Traralgon railway line in 1877. Warragul has produced outstanding gourment foods for most of its existence. Also noted for its sports heroes: Kathy Watt (cycling gold medal, Barcelona Olympics 1992); former coach of Adelaide Crows Football Team and former Hawthorn premiership player Gary Ayres; Footscray (Western Bulldogs) and Sydney Swans Brownlow Medalist Barry Round; first Brownlow Medalist and Geelong Footballer Edward 'Carjie' Greeves; and boxing champion Lionel Rose of Jackson's Track near Drouin.
It is regarded as a dairy farming and niche agriculture centre which lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau to the north in the Great Dividing Range.
McMillan Institute of Land and Food Resources (University of Melbourne) has a campus in Warragul specializing in training for dairy, horticulture and horses as well as farm management.
For a town of such a small population, Warragul has a large education industry with several primary and secondary schools. Warragul has two State Primary schools (Warragul North Primary, Warragul Primary) one Catholic primary (St Joseph's Catholic Primary) and a Church of England primary, St Pauls.
Warragul has three secondary schools; Warragul Secondary College, Marist Sion Catholic College which is the reult of a merger between St Joseph's Marist Brothers College and Our Lady of Sion Girls College in the late 70's, and St Paul's Anglican Grammar School.
Warragul's Petersville Milk Products Factory in Queen Street, supplied the famous Peters Ice Cream brand's factory in Mulgrave with all the dairy raw material (fresh cream and concentrated skim milk) for 35 years. The plant also manufactured skilm milk powder under the famous Dutch Jug brand and butter under the Iceberg brand. It exported butter, butteroil and milk powders to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Existing roads were re-named ‘Princes Highway’ after the visit to Australia in 1920 of the Prince of Wales (who became King Edward VIII, thence the late Duke of Windsor). The highway was officially opened on August 10 1920 at Warragul.
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