FACTOID # 74: More than a third of the time, Icelanders don't show up for work. Perhaps that's why they're the world's happiest nation.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


Encyclopedia > Sunraysia
An image showing the outline of the Mallee and Sunraysia region which is predominantly contained within the Rural City of Mildura

Sunraysia is an area of northwestern Victoria and southwestern New South Wales in Australia, known for its sunshine, grapes and oranges. Its main centre is Mildura. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 703 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (715 × 610 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/gif) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 703 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (715 × 610 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/gif) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... The term mallee has several separate but inter-related meanings. ... The Rural City of Mildura is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. ... “VIC” redirects here. ... Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Motto(s): Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004... Mildura is a locality in northwestern Victoria, Australia. ...

Contents

Sporting and social events

Sunraysia is home to a wide variety of sporting events, including Speedway, both cars and motorbikes, jet boats, Harness Racing, Mildura 1000 ski race, Australian Rules Football


Sunraysia is also the home to the Sunraysia District Scouts who put on an annual performance called the Sunraysia Gang Show, during the mid semester holiday break.

Fruit disposal bins and warning signs along the Calder Highway, approaching Mildura. The Sunraysia region is located in the Fruit Fly Exclusion Zone.

Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 603 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Fruit fly exclusion zone, near Mildura, Victoria, Australia. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 603 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Fruit fly exclusion zone, near Mildura, Victoria, Australia. ... Calder Freeway M79 is freeway linking Melbourne to Bendigo. ... Mildura is a city in Victoria, Australia. ...

Education facilities

The Sunraysia Institute of TAFE and the Sunraysia campus of the Latrobe University, are located on Benetook Ave between 11th and 14th Streets. La Trobe University is a multicampus university with campuses in Melbourne (about 16000 students), Bendigo (about 5000 students), Albury-Wodonga (about 2000 students) and minor campuses at Mildura, Shepparton, Beechworth and Mount Buller. ...


Newspapers

The main newspaper that services the region is the Sunraysia Daily, and is published every day except for Sundays. Sunraysia is also serviced by two free papers; the Mildura Midweek published on Wednesdays, the Mildura Weekly published on Fridays. The Mildura Independent was another free weekly, published from 1982 to 2007. The Sunraysia Daily is a daily broadsheet newspaper in the north-western Sunraysia region of Victoria, Australia. ...


My Mildura is a free monthly magazine. There are also a number of paid weeklies covering smaller areas within Sunraysia.


References

This article does not cite any references or sources.
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. (help, get involved!)
Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.
This article has been tagged since March 2007.
Cities and towns in The Mallee and Sunraysia regions of Australia

Cities: Mildura | Swan Hill

Towns/Communities: Annuello | Bambill | Bambill South | Bannerton | Baring | Benetook | Bernook | Berriwillock | Beverford | Bimbourie | Birdwoodton | Boigbeat | Boinka | Bolton | Boonoonar | Boorogie North | Boundary Bend | Bronzewing | Bunguluke | Buronga | Cabarita | Cal Lal | Cardross | Carina | Carwarp | Castle Donnington | Chillingollah | Chinangin | Chinkapook | Cocamba | Colignan | Cowangie | Cramenton | Culgoa | Cullulleraine | Curlwaa | Danyo | Dareton | Duddo | Dumosa | Fish Point | Galah | Gama | Gerahmin | Ginquam | Glenloth | Glenloth East | Gol Gol | Goschen | Gowanford | Gunner | Gypsum | Happy Valley | Hattah | Haysdale | Iraak | Irymple | Kalpienung | Karadoc | Karawinna | Karween | Kattyong | Kenley | Kerang | Kiamal | Koimbo | Kooloonong | Koonda | Koorkab | Koorlong | Kulkyne | Kulnine | Kulwin | Kunat | Kurnwill | Lake Boga | Lake Powell | Lake Tyrrell | Lascelles | Lindsay Point | Linga | Liparoo | Manangatang | Manya | Margooya | Merbein | Merbein South | Merbein West | Meatian | Menindee | Meringur | Merrinee | Merrinee North | Mittyack | Monack | Morkalla | Mourquong | Mulcra | Murnungin | Murrayville | Nandaly | Nangiloc | Narrung | Natya | Neds Corner | Ngallo | Nichols Point | Ninda | Nowie | Nowingi | Nullawil | Nunga | Nyah | Nyah West | Nyarrin | Nyrraby | Ouyen | Paignie | Pallarang | Panitya | Patchewollock | Piambie | Piangil | Pier Millan | Pira | Pirlta | Polisbet | Pooncarie | Powell | Red Cliffs | Robinvale | Rufus River | Sea Lake | Speed | Speewa | Springfield | Stewart | Sunnycliffs | Sunset | Tarrango | Tempy | Thalia | Thurla | Timberoo | Timberoo South | Tol Tol | Torrita | Tresco | Trinita | Tunart | Turoar | Turriff | Turriff East | Towaninny | Tutye | Tyalla | Tyntynder South | Tyrrell | Tyrrell Downs | Ultima | Underbool | Vinifera | Wagant | Waitchie | Walpeup | Wandown | Wargan | Wemen | Werrimull | Wentworth | Willa | Winnambool | Woomelang | Woorinen South | Wymlet | Yarrara | Yatpool | Yelta | Yungera | The Mallee is the most northwesterly district in the state of Victoria. ... Mildura is a locality in northwestern Victoria, Australia. ... Town Hall Swan Hill ( ) is a city in the north west of Victoria, Australia. ... Anuello is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Bambill is a locality situated on the Redcliffs-Merringur Road in the Sunraysia region. ... Bambill South is a locality situated on the Bambill South Road in the Sunraysia region. ... Bannerton is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Benetook is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Bernook is a locality situated in remote north-west Victoria in the Sunraysia region. ... Berriwillock is a small Australian country town with a population of approximately 50 people. ... Beverford is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Bimbourie is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Birdwoodton is a locality in north western Victoria, Australia. ... Boigbeat is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Boinka is a locality situated on the Mallee Highway in the Sunraysia region of Victoria, Australia. ... Boundary Bend (34°43′S 143°09′E) is a small town in the state of Victoria, Australia. ... Buronga (34°09′S 142°11′E) is a town in New South Wales, Australia on the Murray River just over the bridge from Mildura, Victoria. ... Cardross is a small town near Mildura, in north western Victoria, Australia. ... Carina is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Colignan is a small rural town located on the banks of the Murray River, in North Western Victoria, Australia. ... Cowangie is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Danyo is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Dareton is a town in the far west of New South Wales, Australia. ... Galah is a locality situated on the Mallee Highway in the Sunraysia region. ... Gol Gol is a small town in the far western region of New South Wales, Australia in Wentworth Shire. ... Iraak is a town in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 35km south-east from Mildura, Victoria. ... Irymple is a small town in the state of Victoria in Australia. ... Karawinna is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Karween is a locality situated on the Redcliffs-Merringur Road in the Sunraysia region. ... This article is about the Australian town . ... Koorlong is a locality in Victoria, Australia located approximately 20km south of Mildura, Victoria. ... Kurnwill is a locality situated on the Tarrango-Tunart Road in the Sunraysia region. ... Lake Boga is a town in Victoria, Australia. ... Linga is a locality situated on the Mallee Highway in the Sunraysia region. ... Manangatang () is a small, remote town in north-west Victoria, Australia. ... Manya is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region and close to the border of South Australia. ... Merbein (34°10′ S 142°03′ E) is a small township outside of Mildura, Victoria, in the Sunraysia region of Australia. ... Menindee is a small town in the far west of New South Wales, Australia. ... Meringur is a settlement to the west of Mildura in northwest Victoria, Australia. ... Merrinee is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Morkalla is a locality situated at the furthest west point on the Redcliffs-Merringur Road in the Sunraysia region. ... Mourquong is a locality in New South Wales, Australia on the Murray River just over the bridge from Mildura, Victoria, near Buronga. ... Mulcra is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Murrayville (35°15′ S 141°11′ E) is a town in Victoria, Australia. ... Nangiloc () is a small rural community in North Eastern Victoria. ... Ngallo is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Nyah is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. ... Nyah West (35°11′ S 143°20′ E) is a town on the Murray river, in Victoria, Australia near the Murray River, the border with New South Wales. ... Ouyen is a town in Victoria, Australia, located at the junction of the Calder Highway and Mallee Highway, 107 kilometres south of Mildura, 457 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in the Rural City of Mildura. ... Panitya is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Snowdrift sandhill on otherwise flat land in Wyperfeld National Park, west of Patchewollock, 2001 Patchewollock is a small town in North-West Victoria, Australia. ... Piangil is a remote town in Northern Victoria, Australia. ... Pirlta is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Pooncarie is a small town in New South Wales, Australia in Wentworth Shire. ... Red Cliffs is a town in Victoria, Australia. ... Robinvale ( ) is a town on the south bank of the Murray River in northern Victoria, Australia. ... Sea Lake (pop. ... Sunnycliffs is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region, in north western Victoria, Australia. ... Sunset is a locality situated in remote north-west Victoria in the Sunraysia region. ... Tarrango is a small settlement in the Upper Yarra Valley in Victoria, Australia. ... Torrita is a locality situated on the Mallee Highway in the Sunraysia region. ... Tunart is a locality situated on the Tarrango-Tunart Road in the Sunraysia region. ... Tutye is a locality situated in the Sunraysia region. ... Ultima, Victoria is a small town found approximately 30 kilometres from Swan Hill. ... Underbool (35°10′ S 141°48′ E) is a town in Victoria, Australia. ... Walpeup is a locality situated on the Mallee Highway in the Sunraysia region. ... Werrimull () is a small Australian town in the state of Victoria. ... Wentworth is a small town in the far south west of New South Wales, Australia. ... Woomelang is a town in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. ... Woorinen South is a town in Victoria, Australia. ... Yarrara is a locality situated on the Redcliffs-Merringur Road in the Sunraysia region. ... Yelta () is a small locality in Victoria, Australia. ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Sunraysia expects 12% drop in H1 revenue - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News (344 words)
Sunraysia said revenue was expected to come in at $44.7 million for the half-year ending December 31 - 12 per cent lower than for the previous corresponding period.
"Sunraysia is very likely to report a loss for the half-year ended 31 December 2006," the media outlet said in a statement.
Sunraysia was more upbeat about the outlook for the second half of 2007.
Sunraysia Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (184 words)
Sunraysia Television is the publically-listed parent company of Swan Television and Radio Broadcasters, owners of STW-9 (Channel 9 Perth).
Sunraysia TV is owned by majority-owner Eva Presser, who owns around 55% of the company.
Sunraysia Television started out in Sunraysia, the area around and including Mildura.
  More results at FactBites »


 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.