Mooroopna Victoria: A History of Rail, Rivers and Resilience 🇦🇺

Mooroopna is a town located 180 kilometres (112 mi) north of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is on the banks of the Goulburn River opposite the larger town of Shepparton. The Midland Highway crosses the river between the two towns. Two entrepreneurs, Joseph Hawdon and Charles Bonney, camped on the edge of Gemmill's Swamp, close to Mooroopna, in January 1838. They were overlanding large herds of cattle and sheep from an area close to modern Seymour to Adelaide, about 1200 km by bullock dray along the Goulburn and Murray Rivers. Three years later, squatters settled in surrounding areas running sheep on the well-grassed plains. The first settler in the town was William Simmonds Archer who purchased land in 1860 and built his home/hotel in McLennan Street, overlooking the river. He was followed by W. H. Morrell who selected most of the remaining township. Early commerce flowed from revenue gained by punt owners at Shepparton and in Mooroopna, who exploited the traffic from gold fields in Bendigo to those in Beechworth. The post office opened on 19 April 1873. Mooroopna became a centre for local commerce especially after the beginning of irrigation from the early 1880s. The first school was opened in 1874, the first bank in the same year, the punt in 1875, the Mooroopna Hospital in 1876 and the railway from Seymour in 1880. Like other country towns, Mooroopna became infested with hotels and churches, the influence and numbers of both having declined since the Second World War. Also, like other towns, Mooroopna lost young men to wars in South Africa, Europe and in Asia and has several memorials recording their names. The Historical Society of Mooroopna was established in 1983 and exists to collect, collate and display items and material relevant to the history of Mooroopna and the surrounding district. Northern Victoria Goulburn Valley Ardmona SPC Mooroopna Shepparton Victoria Victoria Australia Rivers Australia Regional Victoria .. We welcome you to comment, share your favourite videos on the channel with friends, click the 'thumbs up' / 'like' button if you enjoyed the video and please click to subscribe; subscribing is COMPLETELY free and helps with our channel. Thank you! ____________________ CHANNEL PLAYLISTS: Channel playlists are available for you to enjoy, these playlists are available at the bottom of the channel page and will be updated soon. Thank you! More videos www.adventurebeatz.com .. You might also enjoy. 🎬 Ned Kelly's Amour, at State Library Victoria    • Armour of Ned Kelly at the State Library o...   🎬 Beveridge Victoria, Childhood home of Ned Kelly    • Beveridge to Glenrowan | Ned Kelly's Child...   🎬 State Library Melbourne Victoria and Ned Kelly's Armour    • State Library Victoria I Melbourne Austral...   🎬 Twin Cities of Albury Wodonga    • Twin Cities of Albury Wodonga I Lake Hume,...   🎬 Corowa NSW    • Corowa New South Wales I Historical Townsh...   🎬 North East Victoria    • North East Victoria and the High Country I...   🎬 Regional Airports of Albury Wodonga, North East and North Central Victoria    • Regional Airports of Albury Wodonga, North...   🎬 The Indigo Shire Victoria    • The Indigo Shire I Historic Springhurst To...   🎬 Chiltern Victoria    • Adventurebeatz | Chiltern | Victoria | Aus...   🎬 Jerilderie NSW    • Adventurebeatz - Jerilderie - Australia   🎬 Wangaratta Victoria    • Historic City of Wangaratta I North East V...   🎬 Murtleford Victoria    • Adventurebeatz | Myrtleford | Alpine Shire...   🎬 Rutherglen Victoria    • Adventurebeatz I Rutherglen l Victoria I W...   🎬 Table Top & Albury NSW I Wodonga and Surrounds I North Eastern Victoria    • Table Top & Albury NSW I Wodonga and Surro...   #australia #history #railway #travel #steamrailway #mooroopna #shepparton #railway #river #agriculture #victoriaaustralia #fruit #fruitbowl #cannery #industry #food #flood #resilience