Wodonga

Wodonga (36°07′S 146°53′E) is a small city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, 300 kilometres north-east of Melbourne, Australia. It is covered by the municipality Rural City of Wodonga. Its population is approximately 30,000 people.

Founded as a customs post with its twin city Albury on the other side of the Murray River, it has always been the smaller, poorer cousin, with the historical nickname "Struggletown". Whilst still somewhat smaller than Albury, economic growth in both areas has ameliorated such distinctions.

Major secondary industries based in Wodonga include a large cattle market, a pet food factory, a cardboard box factory and an abbatoir, as well as a variety of other, smaller enterprises. It also serves as a central point for the delivery of government services to the surrounding region.

Wodonga is the site of an army logistics base and a training centre for army technical apprentices, Latchford Barracks. It is also the home of a campus of La Trobe University.

Several experiments in cross-border governance in an attempt to bring the cities together have been tried - see Albury-Wodonga for details.

Wodonga has a railway station, which lies on the Melbourne-Albury and Melbourne-Sydney lines.

There are 3 public high schools in Wodonga, currently they are called Wodonga High School, Mitchell Secondary College and Wodonga West High School. In 2006 they will all be changed into a combined school.

Wodonga is in the federal Division of Indi.