Wahgunyah
Wahgunyah | |
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The main street of Wahgunyah, 2009 | |
Wahgunyah | |
| Coordinates: 36°00′33.3″S 146°23′39.3″E / 36.009250°S 146.394250°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 143 m (469 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,061 (2021 census) |
| Postcode | 3687 |
| Mean max temp | 22.5 °C (72.5 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 8.8 °C (47.8 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 539.4 mm (21.24 in) |
Wahgunyah /wəˈɡʌnjə/ is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is on the southern bank of the Murray River, opposite Corowa, New South Wales, in the Shire of Indigo. Wahgunyah is 298 kilometres (185 mi) north east of the state capital, Melbourne and 51 kilometres (32 mi) west of Albury/Wodonga. At the 2016 census, Wahgunyah had a population of 1,098.
The name is believed to be an Aboriginal phrase meaning the resting place of crows.