Waaia is a town in northern Victoria

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....

, Australia

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. The town is located in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area, 228 kilometres (142 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne

Melbourne

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. The area is home to mainly irrigated

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 dairy farms. At the 2006 census

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, Waaia and the surrounding area had a population of 493.

Waaia was established in the late 1880s to cater for the increasing rural population of the surrounding area and a Post Office opened on 17 December 1888.

The town consists of a school (established 1890), a hotel

Public house

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 and an Australian rules football

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 ground (the town has a team

Waaia Football Club

The Waaia Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Picola & District Football League. The club is based in the small Victorian town of Waaia, approximately 220 km from Melbourne.-History:...

 in the Picola & District Football League

Picola & District Football League

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), along with around 10 houses.

Waaia is home to an annual tractor pull, organised by the local community action group.