Benalla
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Coordinates	36°33′ S 145°58′ E
Location	Victoria
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Area	{{{area}}} km²
Time zone  • Summer (DST)	AEST (UTC+10) AEST (UTC+11)
Population  • estimate  • Density	12,000 (unknown) unknown/km²

Benalla (36°33′S 145°58′E) is an agricultural town of about 12,000 people on the Hume Freeway in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, about 40 kilometres south of Wangaratta. Its Local Government Area is the Rural City of Benalla. Image File history File links City_locator_point-MJC.png Summary Point for dynamic city locator map of Australia Drawn by me in Illustrator Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links City_locator_blank-MJC.png Summary Blank infobox map of Australia for dynamic locator usage. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... -1... Time zones are areas of the Earth that have adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Daylight saving time (also called DST) is the North American term for a system intended to save daylight (the British observe summer time, and likewise the Europeans). ... UTC+10 time zone Australia (AEST—Australian Eastern Standard Time) Australian Capital Territory**, New South Wales** (except Broken Hill, which observes South Australia time), Queensland, Tasmania** (which observes DST starting on the first weekend of October instead of the last), Victoria** Guam (Chamorro Standard Time via US Law) Federated States... Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time or Z, is an atomic realization of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ... Categories: Time zones ... Coordinated Universal Time or UTC, also sometimes referred to as Zulu time or Z, is an atomic realization of Universal Time (UT) or Greenwich Mean Time, the astronomical basis for civil time. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... This is a list of cities in Australia, arranged by state: // Australian Capital Territory Canberra (National Capital) New South Wales See also: List of Sydney suburbs, Local Government Areas of New South Wales Northern Territory See also: Local Government Areas of the Northern Territory Darwin (Capital) Alice Springs Palmerston Queensland... The Hume Highway (also known as the Hume Freeway) is one of the most important roads in Australia, linking the countrys two largest cities - Sydney and Melbourne. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Location of Wangaratta in Victoria (red) Wangaratta is a medium sized city of approximately 19,000 people in the north east of Victoria, Australia, about 230 km from Melbourne along the Hume Highway, with Benalla approximately 45 kilometres to the south-west, and Albury-Wodonga 72 kilometres to the northeast. ... Local Government Area (abbreviated LGA) is a term used in Australia (and especially by the Australian Bureau of Statistics) to refer to areas controlled by each individual Local Government. ... The Rural City of Benalla is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ...

The site was originally taken up by the Reverend Joseph Docker in 1838 and called Benalta Run, from the Aboriginal word for Musk Duck. A town was laid out on the site in 1846. It is famous for its roses. | Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ... Binomial name Biziura lobata (Shaw, 1796) Musk Ducks (Biziura lobata) are highly aquatic, stiff-tailed ducks native to southern Australia. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

The Broken River can cause extensive flooding. There is a park and walking track along the river at Benalla, featuring a ceramic sculpture community that was created as part of an employment project for local artists some years ago. Broken River is the name of a skifield and river in the South Island of New Zealand. ... A trail, in the most general sense, is any linear route for travel. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ... Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ...

Industries include agricultural support services, tourism, a medium density fibreboard factory, ammunition factory and aviation (Benalla is a major gliding centre and also the scene of some hot air ballooning). Benalla has a regional airport YBLA (BLN). Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ... Gliding (or soaring) is a recreational activity and competitive sport where individuals fly un-powered aeroplanes known as gliders or sailplanes. ... Hot air balloons are the oldest successful human flight technology, dating back to the Montgolfier brothers invention in Annonay, France in 1783. ...

Benalla is also where champion cyclist Baden Cooke was born. Cooke contesting a criterium at Melbourne Docklands during the 2006 Bay Cycling Classic. ...

External links

• Australian Places - Benalla
• Benalla photos
• Benalla on Google Maps