Sunraysia
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Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
and southwestern New South Wales
New South Wales
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in Australia
Australia
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, known for its sunshine, grapes and oranges. Its main centre is Mildura
Mildura, Victoria
Mildura is a regional city in northwestern Victoria, Australia and seat of the Rural City of Mildura local government area. It is located in the Sunraysia region, and is on the banks of the Murray River. The current population is estimated at just over 30,000.Mildura is a major agricultural centre...
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Sunraysia was a name derived from a contest that entrepreneur Jack De Garis
Jack De Garis
Clement John De Garis was an Australian entrepreneur and aviator, noted for his colourful marketing style and work in the dried fruits industries in the Sunraysia area around Mildura in the 1920s.-Early years:...
had held as part of a promotion in 1919 on behalf of the Australian Dried Fruits Association. The public were invited to submit a name which described the dried fruits grown in the Mildura district. The winning name was Sun-Raysed, and this was extended to describe the district as Sunraysia. De Garis's 1920 established newspaper Sunraysia Daily
Sunraysia Daily
The Sunraysia Daily is a daily newspaper in the north-western Sunraysia region of Victoria, Australia. From its first publication in 1920 up until 14 September 2007, it was published in broadsheet format, changing to tabloid-size the following day....
borrowed the name accordingly.
The area of Victoria to the west of Sunraysia is known as the Millewa
Millewa
The Millewa is a region of north western Victoria in Australia. It covers the triangular area north of the Sunset Country and south of the diagonal Murray River that grows wheat and other dryland crops. The part of this triangle that is irrigated is known as Sunraysia.The County of Millewa was...
, the main distinction being that Sunraysia is the irrigated area and Millewa is the dryland cropping area.
Education facilities
The Sunraysia Institute of TAFESunraysia Institute of TAFE
The Sunraysia Institute of TAFE is the TAFE institute servicing Mildura, Victoria since 1979.About the InstituteSunraysia Institute of TAFE is the largest provider of vocational education and training services in North West Victoria, Australia...
and the Sunraysia campus of the La Trobe University
La Trobe University
La Trobe University is a multi-campus university in Victoria, Australia. It was established in 1964 by an Act of Parliament to become the third oldest university in the state of Victoria. The main campus of La Trobe is located in the Melbourne suburb of Bundoora; two other major campuses are...
, are located on Benetook Ave between 11th and 14th Streets.
Newspapers
The main newspaper that services the region is the Sunraysia DailySunraysia Daily
The Sunraysia Daily is a daily newspaper in the north-western Sunraysia region of Victoria, Australia. From its first publication in 1920 up until 14 September 2007, it was published in broadsheet format, changing to tabloid-size the following day....
, and is published every day except for Sundays. Sunraysia is also serviced by two free papers; the Mildura Midweek published on Wednesdays, the Mildura Weekly published on Fridays. The Mildura Independent was another free weekly, published from 1982 to 2007.
My Mildura is a free monthly magazine. There are also a number of paid weeklies covering smaller areas within Sunraysia.
Radio
Local radio stations include ABC Local Radio, Easymix 1467Easymix 1467
Easymix 1467 is a commercial radio station based in the Mildura/Sunraysia region. Commercial radio first started in the region on May 25th 1933, from the T & G Building in 8th Street Mildura...
(1467AM 3ML), 97.9 3MA FM, 99.5 Star FM, and Hot FM.
Television
Localised television stations in Sunraysia include a local relay of the ABC's Melbourne television stationABV (TV station)
ABV is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Melbourne, Victoria. The station began broadcasting on 19 November 1956 and is transmitted throughout the state via a network of relay transmitters and also ABV is the second television station in Victoria with HSV-7 which...
, WIN Television Mildura
STV (TV station)
STV is an Australian television station licensed to and serving the regions surrounding Mildura, Victoria, owned and operated by the WIN Corporation and part of the WIN Television network. The station commenced transmissions on November 27, 1965...
, PTV
PTV (TV station)
PTV is an Australian television station licensed to, and serving the regions surrounding Mildura in Australia. The station commenced transmissions in 1997, when Prime Television won the second television license for Mildura, a non-aggregated market, in competition with WIN Television.Analogue...
(a Prime7 affiliate) and Ten Mildura.
WIN Mildura produces WIN News, a half-hour regional news program for the area each weeknight produced from a newsroom in Mildura and presented from studios in Ballarat, Western Victoria
Ballarat, Victoria
Ballarat is a city in the state of Victoria, Australia, approximately west-north-west of the state capital Melbourne situated on the lower plains of the Great Dividing Range and the Yarrowee River catchment. It is the largest inland centre and third most populous city in the state and the fifth...
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