Tungamah is a town in the Goulburn Valley

Goulburn Valley

The Goulburn Valley is a region of Victoria, Australia. The region consists of those areas in the catchment of the Goulburn River and other nearby streams, and is part of the Murray-Darling Basin. The Goulburn Valley is bordered on the south by the Great Dividing Range and to the north by the...

 region of northern Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia

Australia

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. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local government area, 259 kilometres (161 mi) from the state capital, Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

. Tungamah is situated on the banks of Boosey Creek and at the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Tungamah had a population of 355..

History

Tungamah takes its name from the Aboriginal word for the Brush Turkey. Tungamah Post Office opened on 15 October 1880.

Today

Major industries in the Tungamah area include grain production, wool growing and dairy and beef.

The town has an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 team competing in the Picola & District Football League

Picola & District Football League

The Picola & District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Jerilderie in the north and consists of teams...

 and are the strongest Seniors and Reserves Football Team for the past 2 seasons (2008, 2009) with the seniors undefeated both seasons and winning the Premiership for both and the reserves team losing only a handful and winning the Premiership both seasons. The under 17's team also are a strong side making a Grand final appearance and only going down by 2 points for the season 2009.

The town also boasts a General Store, a Mechanic, a Hotel with accommodation and meals, service, sporting and general interest clubs, such as lawn bowls, Lions International, Leo's, Police & Citizens Youth Club, tennis and Senior Citizens.

Transport

Tungamah has a railway freight station with a silo on the Oaklands railway line, Victoria‎. A daily passenger bus service runs between Benalla Railway Station and Mulwala (NSW).

External links

• Moira Shire Council - Official site
• Travelmate site
• SMH Travel site