Whorouly
Whorouly is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. The town is in the valley of the Ovens River and in the Rural City of Wangaratta local government area, 274 kilometres northeast of the state capital, Melbourne and 32.3 kilometres southeast of the regional centre of Wangaratta. At the 2016 census, Whorouly and the surrounding area had a population of 376. Prior to the 1994 Kennet Government council amalgamations, the township was in the Shire of... Show more Oxley. The town can easily be missed, sitting as it does off the main valley highways between the Snow Road and The Great Alpine Road. It is however, only 5 minutes from either road. The town was surveyed and proclaimed in 1868, adopting the name of a nearby station. Whorouly Primary School opened in 1874. The first European settlers established large grazing properties but after the Victorian gold rush, closer settlement took place. Land was released...