Congupna is a town in the Goulburn Valley

Goulburn Valley

The Goulburn Valley is a region of Victoria, Australia. The region consists of those areas in the catchment of the Goulburn River and other nearby streams, and is part of the Murray-Darling Basin. The Goulburn Valley is bordered on the south by the Great Dividing Range and to the north by the...

 region of Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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, Australia. The town is located in the City of Greater Shepparton

City of Greater Shepparton

The City of Greater Shepparton is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the northern part of the state. It has an area of 2,420 square kilometres, and in 2001 it had a population of 56,000...

 local government area, 203 kilometres (126 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne

Melbourne

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 and 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the regional centre of Shepparton

Shepparton, Victoria

Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...

. At the 2006 census

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, Congupna had a population of 616.

History

Congupna, known also by the name Koongoopna, was first established about 8 km north of its present location.

Congupna Post Office opened there on 1 December 1881, was renamed Congupna Township around 1909 and closed in 1953. Congupna Road Post Office opened on 17 October 1881 shortly after the railway station of the same name. These were both renamed Congupna in 1968.

Today

Congupna Football Club

Congupna Football Club

The Congupna Football Club, nicknamed the Road, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Congupna located just north of Shepparton, Victoria....

  play Australian Rules Football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 in the Murray Football League

Murray Football League

The Murray Football League is an Australian rules football league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League.The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the south to Deniliquin in the north.It covers much the same area as the...

. Former Congupna Player Damian Drum

Damian Drum

Damian Kevin Drum is the Nationals member for Northern Victoria Region in the Victorian parliament, Australia. He is also a former Australian rules footballer and coach, most notably as senior coach of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2001. He turned to...

 went on to play several games 50+ with Geelong Football Club

Geelong Football Club

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 in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

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 (AFL). After retiring as a player he went on to coach the Fremantle Football Club

Fremantle Football Club

The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...

 in the AFL. He is now involved in politics.

See also

• Congupna Football Club
  Congupna Football Club
  The Congupna Football Club, nicknamed the Road, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Congupna located just north of Shepparton, Victoria....
  
  
• Congupna railway station, Victoria
  Congupna railway station, Victoria
  Congupna is a closed railway station on the Goulburn Valley railway in the township of Congupna, just north of Shepparton, Victoria, Australia...