Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is Australia's geographically smallest mainland state, in the south-eastern corner. As of the 2001 census, the population was 4,644,950. Victoria shares the Murray River as a border with New South Wales to its north and a border with South Australia to the west. In this space are topographically, geologically and climatically diverse areas ranging from the wet, temperate climate of Gippsland in the southeast to the snow-covered Victorian alpine areas which rise to almost 2000 metres (with Mount Bogong the highest peak at 1986 metres) and extensive semi-arid plains to the west and north-west.
The state's capital, Melbourne, contains approximately 70% of the state's population and dominates its economy, media, and culture.
For other cities and towns, see List of localities (Victoria)
Outside the manufacturing and service centre of Melbourne, agriculture dominates the Victorian economy, with its comparatively rich soils and temperature and wet climates compared to the rest of Australia. Major export agricultural activities include beef and dairy cattle, wool and lamb production and wheat (primarily in the drier western half of the state), with
irrigated fruit and vegetable growers around Melbourne and along the Murray River. Wine grape production grew rapidly during the 1990s.
Victoria is generally regarded as the home of Australian Rules Football, with most cities and towns having at least one team.
The state flower of Victoria is the pink heath.
Tourism in Victoria
Skiing in Victoria, Fairy penguins, Melbourne Casino, Ballarat, Sovereign Hill, Puffing Billy, Maldon, Beechworth, Gippsland Lakes, Buchan Caves, Bendigo, Echuca, Murray river Golf Clubs, Hang-gliding, Gliding, Hot air balloons, Whale watching, Port Fairy Folk concert
Geology
Vulcanism and geology, Gold mining, Brown coal, Offshore oil drilling
Rivers in Victoria
Murray River, Ovens River, King River, Campaspe River, Lodden River, Wimmera River, Elgin River, Barwon River, Thompson River, Snowy River, Latrobe River, Yarra River, Maribynong River, Mitta River, Kiewa River
Related links
External links
Referenced By
1st Division (Australian) | AFI Awards | Aboriginal (Australian) | Aboriginals of Australia | Age of Consent | Albury, Australia | Albury-Wodonga | Albury-Wodonga, Australia | Alfred Deakin | Alfred National Park | Alien Big Cats | Alien big cat | Alpine National Park | Aussie Rules | Australia | Australia, prehistory | Australia/History | Australia/Transportation | Australian | Australian-rules football | AustralianRulesFootball | Australian 1st Division | Australian 2nd Division | Australian 3rd Division | Australian 4th Division | Australian 5th Division | Australian Aboriginal | Australian Aborigine | Australian Aborigines | Australian Commonwealth | Australian Constitution | Australian Film Institute | Australian Football League | Australian Football Leauge | Australian Labor Party | Australian Magpie | Australian Natives Association | Australian Rules Football | Australian States and Territories | Australian football | Australian history before 1901 | Australian horse-racing | Australian horse racing | Australian legislative election, 2004 | Australian public holidays | Ballarat | Ballarat, Australia | Banyule | Baptist Union of Australia | Bar (landform) | Barrier bar | Barrier island | Barrister | Barwon River | Battle of the Nek | Baw Baw National Park | Bayside, Victoria | Belarus/Geography | Benalla | Benin/Geography | Billy Hughes | Bird migration | Biziura | Black-backed Magpie | Blackburn South | Box Hill, Victoria | Brimbank | Brisbane Ranges National Park | British royal standard | Burke and Wills expedition | Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park | Casey | Castlemaine | Castlemaine XXXX | Chelsea | Chiltern Box-Ironbark National Park | Churchill National Park | Classification of degrees in Australia | Coat of Arms of Australia | Commonwealth of Australia | Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act | Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 | Constitution of Australia | Coopracambra National Park | Corryong | Croajingolong National Park | Dandenong Ranges | Dandenong Ranges National Park | Darebin | Darling River | David Hookes | Deaths in 2004 | Duck-billed platypus | E.J. 'Ted' Whitten | Early history of Melbourne | Echuca | Education in Australia | Emirates | Errinundra National Park | Eucalyptus regnans ...
|
