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Whroo Victoria
Whroo
Coordinates	36°39′S 145°1′E / 36.650°S 145.017°E / -36.650; 145.017
Population	45 (2021 census)^[1]
Postcode(s)	3612
LGA(s)	Shire of Campaspe Shire of Strathbogie
State electorate(s)	Euroa
Federal division(s)	Nicholls

Whroo is a locality in the Shire of Strathbogie and Shire of Campaspe, Victoria, Australia.^[2]^[3] The locality includes the Whroo Historical Area state reserve.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

History

The first inhabitants of the area were the Ngooraialum people.^[8] The first European explorer to enter the Goulburn Valley was Thomas Mitchell. The first Europeans to visit the area were the drovers Joseph Hawdon and Charles Bonney. Squatters started settling the area in 1840.

Two sailors – John Thomas Lewis and James Meek Nickinson discovered a gold nugget in the grass at Whroo in 1854, leading to the development of the town of Whroo. The Balaclava Mine then operated on and off and officially closed in the 1960s.^[9] Thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word meaning lips,^[10] the first school opened in 1857 and by 1900 had a Mechanics' Institute and library with 950 volumes opened in 1859 and closed in 1955, Presbyterian and United Methodist churches, three hotels, a cordial^[10] factory and three ore crushing mills.^[10]

References

^ "2021 Whroo, Census All persons QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics". abs.gov.au. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
^ "Whroo... a hidden treasure". The Riverine Herald. No. 29, 279. New South Wales, Australia. 21 May 1999. p. 12. Retrieved 11 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Hammond, Joyce (1981), The golden years of Rushworth & Whroo (2nd ed.), J.G. Hammond, retrieved 11 August 2018
^ Whroo Historic Area.
^ "Rushworth,Whroo and Whroo Historic Reserve. | Rushworth Mining History". rushworthmininghistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
^ Thomson, Nicola; King, Doris (M.D.) (1999), Collected memories of Whroo, N. Thomson & D. King, retrieved 11 August 2018
^ Thomson, James; Thomson, Nicola (1996), Whroo cemetery Victoria : a list of internments, James & Nicola Thomson, retrieved 11 August 2018
^ Gunn, R. G; Victoria Archaeological Survey (1990), The Ngurai-illiam-wurrung rock well at Whroo (Site 7924/01), Department of Conservation & Environment, ISSN 0725-7317
^ Tara Moss, The Ghost Town of Whroo October 29, 2012 .
^ ^a ^b ^c Whroo at Victorian Places

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v t e Localities in the Shire of Strathbogie
Town	Avenel^ Baddaginnie^ Euroa Longwood Nagambie Strathbogie Violet Town^
Locality	Arcadia South Bailieston Balmattum Boho Boho South^ Creek Junction^ Creightons Creek Earlston Gooram^ Goulburn Weir^ Graytown Kelvin View Kirwans Bridge Kithbrook Koonda Locksley Longwood East Mangalore^ Marraweeney Miepoll Mitchellstown Moglonemby Molka Moorilim^ Moormbool West Nalinga^ Pranjip Riggs Creek Ruffy^ Sheans Creek Tabilk Tamleugh Tarcombe^ Upotipotpon Upton Hill Wahring Whroo^ Wirrate
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Localities in the Shire of Campaspe
Town	Colbinabbin Corop Echuca Girgarre Gunbower Kyabram^ Lockington Mitiamo^ Nanneella Rochester Rushworth Stanhope Tongala Toolleen^ Torrumbarry
Locality	Bamawm Bamawm Extension Ballendella Bonn Burnewang Burramboot Carag Carag Cornella Creek View Diggora Echuca Village Echuca West Fairy Dell Gobarup Kanyapella Kotta Koyuga Kyvalley Lancaster^ Milloo^ Moora Muskerry Myola Patho Pine Grove Redcastle^ Roslynmead Runnymede Strathallan Tennyson Terrick Terrick East Timmering Wanalta Waranga Shores Whroo^ Wharparilla Wyuna^ Wyuna East Yambuna
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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