Corryong

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Town in Victoria, Australia

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::summary Town in Victoria, Australia ::

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| location2= Wodonga

Corryong is a town in Victoria, Australia, 120 km east of Albury-Wodonga, near the upper reaches of the Murray River and close to the New South Wales border. At the , Corryong had a population of 1,348.

The post office opened on 1 February 1874. The town also has its own airport.

Corryong hosts The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival, held annually in April.

Education

Corryong is supported by a variety of service clubs, a hospital and schools. It has a Catholic primary and Corryong College P-12 school. The college has approximately 300(2019) students. Corryong is also home to the Australian Institute of Flexible Learning (AIFL) which offers 100% online education to all of Australia.

Geography

Its location makes it the Victorian gateway to the New South Wales snowfields, including the Thredbo ski village, and the Snowy Mountains Scheme. It is a way station for many travellers, particularly those on motorcycles, travelling across Australia's highest mountains. Other tourists come to fish in the river and other nearby waterways, or to partake in horseriding around the mountain areas surrounding the town.

It is also of note as the home of Jack Riley, a hermit stockman employed by John Pierce of Greg Greg Station for 23 years to run cattle at Tom Groggin 60 km upriver from . The local government uses this claim extensively in its tourist promotions, and holds The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival annually

Corryong is close to the Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park and the massive Alpine National Park. The Kosciuszko National Park is located nearby across the state border. Both of these areas were extensively burnt in the bushfires which raged through the region in January 2003 and in the summer of 2019/20.

Industry

Industries in the area involve mainly agriculture and forestry, particularly beef and dairy farming. The forestry industries include both the harvesting of native eucalypts and of the extensive pine plantations in the area, which extend along a general high-rainfall zone from Tumbarumba in the north-east to Shelley in the south-west.

Climate

Corryong has a borderline oceanic / humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfb / Cfa) with warm to hot, dry summers that are chilly by morning and cool, wet winters with persistent cloud cover. The seasonal range of maximum temperatures between January and July, is especially marked. Sleet occurs in winter and snow may also occur.

|location = Corryong (Parish Lane, 1972–2006, rainfall to 1891); 314 m AMSL; 36.20° S, 147.90° E |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |collapsed= |humidity colour = green |Jan record high C = 41.6 |Feb record high C = 40.8 |Mar record high C = 38.0 |Apr record high C = 34.5 |May record high C = 27.1 |Jun record high C = 21.6 |Jul record high C = 18.6 |Aug record high C = 24.6 |Sep record high C = 27.8 |Oct record high C = 32.4 |Nov record high C = 38.8 |Dec record high C = 40.5 |year record high C = 41.6 |Jan high C = 30.7 |Feb high C = 30.5 |Mar high C = 27.3 |Apr high C = 21.7 |May high C = 16.3 |Jun high C = 11.9 |Jul high C = 11.4 |Aug high C = 13.8 |Sep high C = 17.2 |Oct high C = 20.9 |Nov high C = 24.6 |Dec high C = 28.1 |year high C = |Jan low C = 13.6 |Feb low C = 13.6 |Mar low C = 10.6 |Apr low C = 7.0 |May low C = 4.4 |Jun low C = 2.4 |Jul low C = 1.8 |Aug low C = 2.7 |Sep low C = 4.8 |Oct low C = 6.8 |Nov low C = 9.3 |Dec low C = 11.6 |year low C = |Jan record low C = 4.2 |Feb record low C = 4.0 |Mar record low C = 2.4 |Apr record low C = -1.5 |May record low C = -3.2 |Jun record low C = -5.0 |Jul record low C = -5.3 |Aug record low C = -4.8 |Sep record low C = -2.8 |Oct record low C = -1.2 |Nov record low C = 0.0 |Dec record low C = 2.9 |year record low C = -5.3 | precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 51.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 44.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 53.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 50.9 |May precipitation mm = 62.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 77.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 80.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 81.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 70.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 80.2 |Nov precipitation mm = 62.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 59.5 |year precipitation mm = 775.6 |unit precipitation days = 0.2mm |Jan precipitation days = 6.0 |Feb precipitation days = 5.5 |Mar precipitation days = 6.3 |Apr precipitation days = 7.2 |May precipitation days = 10.0 |Jun precipitation days = 12.7 |Jul precipitation days = 13.6 |Aug precipitation days = 13.6 |Sep precipitation days = 11.8 |Oct precipitation days = 10.8 |Nov precipitation days = 8.3 |Dec precipitation days = 7.2 |year precipitation days =113.0 |Jan afthumidity = 35 |Feb afthumidity = 36 |Mar afthumidity = 36 |Apr afthumidity = 48 |May afthumidity = 61 |Jun afthumidity = 71 |Jul afthumidity = 69 |Aug afthumidity = 60 |Sep afthumidity = 55 |Oct afthumidity = 50 |Nov afthumidity = 43 |Dec afthumidity = 37 |year afthumidity = 50 |Jan sun = 303.8 |Feb sun = 268.4 |Mar sun = 257.3 |Apr sun = 210.0 |May sun = 145.7 |Jun sun = 99.0 |Jul sun = 108.5 |Aug sun = 136.4 |Sep sun = 177.0 |Oct sun = 235.6 |Nov sun = 261.0 |Dec sun = 269.7 |year sun = |source 1 = Corryong (Parish Lane, 1972–2006){{cite web | url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_082011_All.shtml | publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Climate statistics for Corryong |accessdate = 6 August 2023}} |source 2 = Khancoban SMHEA (sunshine hours, 1962–1994){{cite web | url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_072060_All.shtml | publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Sun hours from Khancoban |accessdate = 6 August 2023}} |date= August 2023

The airport site is somewhat lower and flatter than the now-decommissioned town site, attaining greater extremes in temperature. Since 2006 there is a general increase in rainfall with a newfound tendency to fall in the summer months (though still retaining a winter peak).

|location = Corryong Airport (2006–2023); 290 m AMSL; 36.18° S, 147.89° E |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |collapsed= |humidity colour = green |Jan record high C = 44.0 |Feb record high C = 43.6 |Mar record high C = 38.2 |Apr record high C = 32.0 |May record high C = 26.5 |Jun record high C = 20.2 |Jul record high C = 19.0 |Aug record high C = 22.8 |Sep record high C = 29.0 |Oct record high C = 35.4 |Nov record high C = 39.1 |Dec record high C = 41.0 |year record high C = 44.0 |Jan high C = 32.2 |Feb high C = 30.7 |Mar high C = 27.6 |Apr high C = 21.8 |May high C = 15.9 |Jun high C = 12.1 |Jul high C = 11.8 |Aug high C = 14.0 |Sep high C = 18.0 |Oct high C = 22.3 |Nov high C = 26.1 |Dec high C = 29.1 |year high C = |Jan low C = 14.2 |Feb low C = 13.1 |Mar low C = 10.9 |Apr low C = 6.2 |May low C = 3.1 |Jun low C = 1.7 |Jul low C = 1.1 |Aug low C = 1.8 |Sep low C = 3.3 |Oct low C = 5.3 |Nov low C = 9.5 |Dec low C = 11.7 |year low C = |Jan record low C = 4.2 |Feb record low C = 4.1 |Mar record low C = 1.1 |Apr record low C = -2.1 |May record low C = -5.0 |Jun record low C = -6.0 |Jul record low C = -6.0 |Aug record low C = -5.0 |Sep record low C = -4.1 |Oct record low C = -3.5 |Nov record low C = -0.6 |Dec record low C = 1.2 |year record low C = -6.0 | precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 64.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 62.7 |Mar precipitation mm = 75.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 49.2 |May precipitation mm = 57.4 |Jun precipitation mm = 70.6 |Jul precipitation mm = 81.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 82.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 71.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 50.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 82.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 64.5 |year precipitation mm = 811.7 |unit precipitation days = 0.2mm |Jan precipitation days = 7.6 |Feb precipitation days = 7.4 |Mar precipitation days = 9.4 |Apr precipitation days = 10.4 |May precipitation days = 19.9 |Jun precipitation days = 23.9 |Jul precipitation days = 23.7 |Aug precipitation days = 20.1 |Sep precipitation days = 13.4 |Oct precipitation days = 9.3 |Nov precipitation days = 10.4 |Dec precipitation days = 9.2 |year precipitation days =164.7 |source 1 = Corryong Airport (2006–2023){{cite web | url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_082169_All.shtml | publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Climate statistics for Corryong |accessdate = 12 March 2024}} |date= March 2024

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Jack_Riley_grave_Man_From_Snowy_River.JPG" caption="The Man from Snowy River]]'', Corryong cemetery"] ::

Sport

Golfers play at the Corryong Golf Club on Donaldson Street, a nine-hole course.

The town is the centre of the Upper Murray Football League, an Australian Rules Football competition which began in 1893. Corryong is home to two of the three foundation clubs: Corryong FC, which has been based in the town from 1893 and Federal FC, formerly the Mount Elliot Miners and renamed in 1901 to celebrate the Federation of Australia and moved to be fully based at Corryong around the same time.

Historical grandstand

The Corryong Recreation Reserve was the home of the Grandstand, known as "The Grand Old Lady" to some locals in the Upper Murray community.

In late 1902 the idea was raised for the possible building of a grandstand at the Corryong Recreation Reserve which would be shared between the Corryong Race Club & the A&P Society (today known as the Corryong & Upper Murray A&P Society Inc.). Fundraising started almost immediately through a range of means including "Bazaars", and by 1905 arrangements were in place to erect the grandstand. On 14 February 1906 an ad was placed calling for tenders, and on 22 June 1906 the contract was let for A£393 with work to proceed shortly.

Many years passed since the Grandstand was opened before the Corryong Racing Club left, leaving the A&P Society with sole ownership of the grandstand. Additional the neighbouring Towong Turf Club's "Towong Grandstand" was built by Tom Greenhill around the same time and done in a similar style to the "Corryong Grandstand". It's unclear when the Corryong Recreation Reserve was repurposed for football but sometime after both the Corryong Football Club & the Federal Football Club moved here, with each building their own clubrooms.

However, by early 2014, after many years of neglect the grandstand was deemed unsafe to the public, and was fenced off to stop any public access. On 2 September 2014, it was announced that there were plans to demolish the historic 108-year-old Corryong Grandstand as part of plans to refurbish the Towong Grandstand at the Towong Turf Club. The Corryong Grandstand was not heritage listed on either the Australian National Heritage List or the Victorian Heritage Register. After public backlash from the Upper Murray community the Facebook page "Corryong Grandstand - Stand By Me" was established on 29 September 2014 and a petition started on Change.Org. After gathering submissions from members of the community, the group had a meeting with VCAT scheduled for 10 April 2015 in Melbourne, but was later rescheduled for 8 May 2015, in Wodonga. An announcement regarding its fate was scheduled to take place on 1 June 2015. In the 10 September 2015 edition of the Corryong Courier the grandstand made the front page with the headline reading "Last Stand? Death knell sounds for grandstand."

Notable residents

  • John M. Hull, a professor of religious education (born in Corryong on 22 April 1935)
  • Lee Kernaghan, a country musician (born in Corryong on 15 April 1964)
  • Corrine Grant, an actress and comedian (born in Corryong on 12 June 1973)
  • Horrie the Wog Dog, a terrier, unofficial mascot of the 2/1st Machine Gun Battalion (died in Corryong 12 March 1945)
  • Elyne Mitchell, champion skier, cattlewoman, and author of the Silver Brumby series of children's books (who died in Corryong). The local library is named after her.

References

References

  1. {{Census 2011 AUS
  2. Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List".
  3. "The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival".
  4. Golf Select. "Corryong".
  5. "Minutes: Ordinary Meeting of Council".
  6. [http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2618099/avoiding-a-grandstand-finish-photos/?cs=11 Corryong launches community fight to save historic grandstand] The Border Mail 11 October 2014
  7. (10 September 2015). "Last Stand? Death knell sounds for grandstand". Facebook.
  8. "Biography of Professor John M Hull".
  9. "LEE KERNAGHAN - it's Planet Country".
  10. [http://www.tv.com/people/corinne-grant/ Corinne Grant] TV.com
  11. "Horrie the Wog Dog". [[Australian War Memorial]].

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