Monday 14 August 2017

Euroa-NED KELLY COUNTRY

EUROA VICTORIA 
NED KELLY COUNTRY

LITTLE TOWN AT THE BASE OF THE STRATHBOGIE RANGES 
ON THE HUME HIGHWAY 150 KM FROM MELBOURNE

Euroa means Joyfull in the Aboriginal language and its one claim to fame was that Ned Kelly robbed the NAB bank in 1878. The  Major Mitchell Expedition of 1836 also camped on Seven Creeks that runs through the town It used to gain wealth from sheep but is now famous for horse racing studs. You can visit the Strathbogie Ranges a short distance away.

If you are staying in Euroa you might look at  the 



The Euroa Post Office that opened in 1854


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