Thoona

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Thoona

| state = vic

| image = Thoona.JPG

| caption = Entering Thoona from the west

| lga = Rural City of Benalla

| postcode = 3726

| est =

| pop = 127

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes=

| elevation=

| use_lga_map = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|36|20|0|S|146|05|0|E|display=inline,title}}

| maxtemp =

| mintemp =

| rainfall =

| stategov = Euroa

| fedgov = Indi

| dist1 = 247

| dir1 = NE

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 30

| dir2 = W

| location2= Wangaratta

| dist3 = 28

| dir3 = N

| location3= Benalla

}}

Thoona is a town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Rural City of Benalla local government area, {{convert|247|km|mi}} north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the {{CensusAU|2006}}, Thoona and the surrounding area had a population of 474 dropping to just 127 ten years later.{{Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC26769 |name=Thoona (State Suburb)|accessdate=4 June 2009|quick=on}}

Thoona Post Office opened on 18 August 1882.{{Cite web | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 11 April 2008 }} Thoona Primary School closed in 2015.{{cite news | url=https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/news/small-school-closures-continue-in-rural-victoria/news-story/35f1193bf26c4d9a040ecb7d45641964 | title=Small school closures continue in rural Victoria | work=The Weekly Times | date=5 November 2015 | accessdate=31 January 2019}}

The town itself is located on the edge of a small hill and the word Thoona is Aboriginal for “small hill”, also. The Warby Ranges are around {{convert|5|km|mi|0}} east. Thoona was home to the first co-operative butter factory in north-east Victoria.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/epicure/thoona-or-later/2009/03/05/1235842574300.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1|title=Thoona or later|last=Preston|first=Matt|date=7 March 2009|publisher=The Age|accessdate=15 June 2009}} In March each year Thoona hosts the Victorian Wheelie Bin championships. A documentary on the event was made in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmnortheastvictoria.com.au/region/index.php%3Ftown%3Dthoona|title=Township Tour: Thoona|work=Film North East Victoria (cached)|publisher=Film Victoria|accessdate=27 July 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407144306/http://filmnortheastvictoria.com.au/region/index.php?town=thoona|archivedate=7 April 2015}}