Woomelang

{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Woomelang

| state = vic

| image = Woomelang Post Office 001.JPG

| caption = Post office, 2018

| lga = Shire of Yarriambiack

| postcode = 3485

| est =

| pop = 191

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

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| stategov = Mildura

| fedgov = Mallee

| dist1 = 359

| dir1 = NW

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 183

| dir2 = SE

| location2= Mildura

| dist3 = 154

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| location3= Horsham

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Woomelang is a town in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Yarriambiack local government area and on the Sunraysia Highway, {{convert|359|km|mi|0}} north-west of the state capital, Melbourne, {{convert|183|km|mi|0}} south-east of Mildura and {{convert|154|km|mi|0}} north of Horsham. At the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Woomelang and the surrounding area had a population of 191.{{Census 2011 AUS | id = SSC21501 | name = Woomelang (State Suburb) | access-date = 2016-05-13 | quick = on}}

As with most towns in the Mallee region, the main industry is dryland agriculture and woolgrowing. The population has been slowly declining, from 290 at the 1981 census to 211 people in 2001, 195 in 2006,{{Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC27037 | name = Woomelang (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on}} and 191 in 2011.

Woomelang Post Office opened on 10 August 1900.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auction History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Woomelang* | access-date = 29 March 2021 }}

Woomelang Magistrates' Court closed on 1 May 1981, having not been visited by a Magistrate since 1971.{{cite web | url=https://www.audit.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/19860901-Special-Report-4-Court-Closures-in-Victoria.pdf | title=Special Report No. 4 – Court Closures in Victoria | publisher=Auditor-General of Victoria | date=1986 |pages=69, 78 | access-date=12 April 2020}}

An interesting attraction to the south of Woomelang is a shearing shed constructed during World War II. Due to wartime shortages, the shed is made of compacted kerosene tins.

Sport

The Woomelang Football Club was founded around 1904{{cite web |title=1904 - Dear Aunty Connie |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222797728 |publisher=The Weekly Times |access-date=6 August 2023 |pages=8 |date=17 September 1904}} and initially played in the Woomelang District Football Association in 1911 and in 1912 and were undefeated premiers.{{cite web |title=1912 - Matches in the country |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196256776 |publisher=The Age |access-date=6 August 2023 |pages=10 |date=2 July 1912}}

Woomelang FC were premiers of the North Western Football Association in 1921, 1922,{{cite web |title=1922 - Mallee teams compete |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222805090 |publisher=The Weekly Times |access-date=6 August 2023 |pages=66 |date=26 August 1922}} 1926 and runners up in 1923.{{cite web |title=1923 - Mallee |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/258406456 |publisher=Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic) |access-date=6 August 2023 |pages=4 |date=10 September 1923}}

Woomelang FC were runners up to Birchip in the North Central Football League in 1928{{cite web |title=1928 - Birchip are premiers |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/264064669 |publisher=Sunraysia Daily (Mildura, Vic |access-date=6 August 2023 |pages=7 |date=13 September 1928}} and 1929.{{cite web |title=1929 - Birchip - North Central Premiers |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224405974 |publisher=The Weekly Times |access-date=6 August 2023 |pages=78 |date=21 September 1929}}

In 1934, Woomelang FC defeated Lascelles in the Mallee Football League preliminary final,{{cite web |title=1934 - Mallee League Final |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10965706# |publisher=The Argus |access-date=6 August 2023 |pages=14 |date=20 August 1934}} but lost the 1934 grand final to Gorya{{cite web |title=1934 - Mallee League Grand Final |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10957729 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=7 August 2023 |pages=13 |date=27 August 1934}} and in 1935, Woomelang won the North Central Football League premiership.

In 1940 Woomelang defeated Hopetoun in the Southern Mallee Football League grand final.{{cite web |title=1940 - Country Sport: Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11327737 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=29 July 2023 |pages=9 |date=22 July 1940}}

Woomerlang FC merged with Lascelles FC in 1951 and competed in the Southern Mallee Football League from 1951 to 1996, winning six senior football premierships in - 1957, 1960, 1968, 1971, 1988 and 1993 and were runners in - 1959, 1963, 1972 and 1978.

With its neighbouring township Lascelles, Woomelang had a football team (Woomelang-Lascelles) competing in the Mallee Football League, from 1997, until the league folded at the end of the 2015 season, winning a senior football premiership in 2013.

Golfers play at the course of the Woomelang Golf Club on Sunraysia Highway.{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Woomelang | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1128 | access-date = 2009-05-11}}

References

External links

[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224454831/24167069/ 1921 - North Western District FA Premiers: Woomelang FC team photo]
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224003870/ 1922 - North Western District FA Premiers: Woomelang FC team photo]
[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224008732/23959928/ 1935 - North Central FA Premiers: Woomelang FC team photo]
[http://woomelang.com Woomelang Website] – Official site
[http://www.yarriambiack.vic.gov.au/index.php?f_func=towns_woomelang Yarriambiack Shire Council] – Official site
[http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownName=Woomelang_%5C_VIC Travelmate tourist site]

Category:Towns in Victoria (state)

Category:Mallee (Victoria)