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04:18, 15 November 2015 == location ==
on the Victorian side of the River Murray south of [[Corowa|Corowa]].
== Beginnings ==
With the beingings of the river trade on the [[Murray River at Kellygang|Murray]], Wahgunyah grew out of the [[Wahgunyah|Wahgunyah Run]].
== Importance of Wahgunyah ==
The town, founded in 1856 by John [[Wahgunyah|Foord]], soon grew as a river port on the River [[Murray River at Kellygang|Murray]].[[!!FIXME \homeReference.html|!!MISSING]]
Wahgunyah was important in the days before the [[Railways|railway]] arrived because it was the most up stream port on the River [[Murray River at Kellygang|Murray]].Later gold was discovered in the area. '''Photograph'''
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== What was Wahgunyah like in the late 1870s ==
Representatives from Wahgunyah attended a major meeting to plan for the coming of the railways ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/7/1867|Argus15/7/67]])
Wahgunyah was a Customs post on the Victoria New South Wales border.
See also for a look at the town ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 26/3/1870 (2)|T&C26/3/1870]])
== Facilities in Wahgunyah in the late 1870s ==
'''Population''' 500 '''Hotels'''
[[Banks- local branch|Bank]]
Empire Hotel (1861) '''Camille Reau''' ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 18/5/1872 (2)|T&C18/5/1872]])
Wahgunyah Hotel (1861)([[Corowa|John Foord]])
Bank of Victoria. JF Daniell ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 18/5/1872 (2)|T&C18/5/1872]])
'''Schools''' The school started in about 1858. In 1878 a brick school was built '''[[Post Office|Post Office]]''' Telegraph ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 18/5/1872 (2)|T&C18/5/1872]])
The two-storey Wahgunyah post office and residence was built in 1863. (see new post office)
[[Post Office|Mail route]] from Springhurst and Wahgunyah via [[Rutherglen|Rutherglen]]
and to [[Beechworth|Beechworth]] via [[Chiltern|Chiltern]], Indigo, and Rutherglen
'''[[Police Towns|Police station]]'''
The police station was founded in 1859. Mr Butler from [[Beechworth Court|Beechworth]] was the Magistrate.
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'''Coaches'''
Royal Mail [[Coaches|Coaches]] left from the Wahgunyah Hotel regularly for locations in the area including [[Corowa|Corowa]]. Before the train line was put in to Melbourne, Wahgunyah was connected by a daily coach service.
'''Other things of interest''' The wooden shop adjacent the old post office was once one of a chain of Coffee Palaces or temperance hotels throughout Victoria.
See also [[Wahgunyah (2)|Wahgunyah]] squatting run. By 1856 the town had a flour mill and soon after a bond store. The colonies of Victoria and New South Wales imposed customs duties on the trade across the river.
All Saints Estate [[wine|winery]] was established in 1864 by George Smith. It is 4 km north-east of the town
St Leonards winery was established in 1862
'''Meyers Midarro''' winery ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 18/5/1872 (3)|T&C18/5/1872]])
'''Dr Peele''' ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 18/5/1872 (2)|T&C18/5/1872]])
Alexander Stewart was the butcher ([[The North Eastern Ensign at KellyGang 23/12/1873|Ensign23/12/1873]])
'''EW Bayliss''' ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 18/5/1872 (2)|T&C18/5/1872]])
Wahgunyah and Cowra Wine Co (failed in 1876)
other wineries in the area ([[Australian Town and Country Journal at KellyGang 18/5/1872 (2)|T&C18/5/1872]])
Wahgunyah was finally linked to [[Rutherglen|Rutherglen]] by rail. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 27/1/1879 (5)|Argus27/1/79]])
Outbreak of pleuro pneumonia in the area ([[The Argus at KellyGang 1/12/1879|Argus1/12/79]])
== Links to the KellyGang ==
Wahgunyah, [[Howlong (2)|Howlong]] and [[Wodonga (2)|Wodonga]] were 3 natural crossing places on the River Murray that the '''KellyGang''' could use to get mobs of cattle and horses over the river.
The police at Wahgunyah tried to stop the KellyGang from crossing the River Murray. ([[The Argus at KellyGang 4/11/1878 (3)|Argus4/11/78]])
Const H [[Const Armstrong|Armstrong]] was based in Wahgunyah to guard the bank before going to Aaron Sherritt's place. He returned there after. ([[Royal Commission report day 32 page 3|RC12127]]) (see also [[Royal Commission report day 32 page 1|RC12084]])
== Members of the Wahgunyah community ==
James Chandler was the first farmer in the area.
G Anderson and S Rupin ([[The Argus at KellyGang 15/7/1867|Argus15/7/67]])
Mr '''John Rowan''', originator of the ''Wangaratta Dispatch'', and latterly proprietor of the ''Wahgunyah Chronicle'', died at Wahgunyah on Saturday last from congestion of the brain, caused by the habitual taking of laudanum.(Ensign11/7/1873)
== What happened at Wahgunyah after the time of the KellyGang ==
In mid 1881 two of the trrackers from Queensland, [[Police Tactics|Jim Crow]] and [[Police Trackers|Billy Nut]] were taken to Wahgunyah, to search the Murray River for the body of a man drowned while bathing. After a day and a half searching and diving in the river, the trackers recovered the body three miles from where it was drowned, in 30 feet of water
== What is happening at Wahgunyah today ==
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