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Avoca, Victoria, the Glossary

Avoca is a town in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia, north west of Ballarat.^[1]

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Amphitheatre, Victoria

Amphitheatre is a town in Victoria, Australia. Avoca, Victoria and Amphitheatre, Victoria are Mining towns in Victoria (state).

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Anzac Day (Rā Whakamahara ki ngā Hōia o Ahitereiria me Aotearoa or lit) is a national day of remembrance in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australia Felix

Australia Felix (Latin for "fortunate Australia" or "happy Australia") was an early name given by Thomas Mitchell to lush pasture in parts of western Victoria he explored in 1836 on his third expedition.

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Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.

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Australian gold rushes

During the Australian gold rushes, starting in 1851, significant numbers of workers moved from elsewhere in Australia and overseas to where gold had been discovered.

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Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.

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Avoca railway line

The Maryborough–Avoca–Ararat railway is a railway line in western Victoria, Australia.

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Avoca railway station

Avoca railway station is a railway station on the Avoca line in the town of Avoca, Victoria.

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Avoca River

The Avoca River, an inland intermittent river of the northcentral catchment, part of the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the lower Riverina bioregion and Central Highlands and Wimmera regions of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Avoca, County Wicklow

Avoca is a small town near Arklow, in County Wicklow, Ireland.

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Ballarat

Ballarat (balla arat) is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. Avoca, Victoria and Ballarat are Mining towns in Victoria (state).

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Beaufort, Victoria

Beaufort is a town in Victoria, Australia. Avoca, Victoria and Beaufort, Victoria are Mining towns in Victoria (state).

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Blood Hole massacre

The Blood Hole massacre occurred in what is now the Australian state of Victoria at Middle Creek, from Glengower Station between Clunes and Newstead at the end of 1839 or early 1840, killing an unknown number of Aboriginal people from the Grampians district who were on their way home after trading goods for green stone axe blanks that they obtained near what is now Lancefield.

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Bung Bong

Bung Bong is a locality in Victoria between the towns of Avoca and Maryborough.

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Bureau of Meteorology

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas.

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Clunes, Victoria

Clunes is a town in Victoria, Australia, 36 kilometres north of Ballarat, in the Shire of Hepburn. Avoca, Victoria and Clunes, Victoria are Mining towns in Victoria (state).

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County Wicklow

County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin) is a county in Ireland.

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Darren Jolly

Darren Jolly (born 6 November 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club, the Sydney Swans and the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Division of Mallee

The Division of Mallee is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.

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Djadjawurrung

Dja Dja Wurrung (Pronounced Ja-Ja-war-rung), also known as the Djaara or Jajowrong people and Loddon River tribe, are an Aboriginal Australian people who are the traditional owners of lands including the water catchment areas of the Loddon and Avoca rivers in the Bendigo region of central Victoria, Australia.

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Dunolly, Victoria

Dunolly is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Dunolly - Maryborough Road, in the Shire of Central Goldfields. Avoca, Victoria and Dunolly, Victoria are Mining towns in Victoria (state).

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Electoral district of Ripon

Ripon is a single member electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.

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Gallipoli

The Gallipoli peninsula (Gelibolu Yarımadası; Chersónisos tis Kallípolis) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east.

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Great Dividing Range

The Great Dividing Range, also known as the East Australian Cordillera or the Eastern Highlands, is a cordillera system in eastern Australia consisting of an expansive collection of mountain ranges, plateaus and rolling hills.

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Homebush, Victoria

Homebush is a locality from Avoca in central Victoria, Australia. Avoca, Victoria and Homebush, Victoria are Mining towns in Victoria (state).

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James Esmond

James William Esmond (11 April 1822 – 3 December 1890) was an Irish-Australian gold prospector and miner, and was one of the first people to discover gold in Australia.

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Jim Jess

Jim Jess (born 25 January 1955) is a retired Australian rules football player who played in the VFL between 1976 and 1988 for the Richmond Football Club.

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Ken Inglis

Kenneth Stanley Inglis, (7 October 1929 – 1 December 2017) was an Australian historian.

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Lamplough, Victoria

Lamplough is a locality near Avoca, Victoria in Australia. Avoca, Victoria and Lamplough, Victoria are Mining towns in Victoria (state).

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Lindy Lee

Lindy Lee (born 1954) is an Australian painter and sculptor of Chinese heritage, whose work blends the cultures of Australia and her ancestral China and explores her Buddhist faith.

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Macquarie Dictionary

The Macquarie Dictionary is a dictionary of Australian English.

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Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League

The Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football league based in central Victoria.

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Maryborough, Victoria

Maryborough is a town in Victoria, Australia, on the Pyrenees Highway, north of Ballarat and northwest of Melbourne, in the Shire of Central Goldfields. Avoca, Victoria and Maryborough, Victoria are Mining towns in Victoria (state).

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Michael James Laracy

Michael James Laracy (20 October 1871 – 25 April 1952) was a New Zealand shearer and trade unionist.

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Mildura

Mildura is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia.

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Moonambel

Moonambel is a town in the Pyrenees region of the Australian state of Victoria, situated along the Stawell-Avoca Road.

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Murray River

The Murray River (in South Australia: River Murray) (Ngarrindjeri: Millewa, Yorta Yorta: Dhungala (Tongala)) is a river in Southeastern Australia.

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Natte Yallock

Natte Yallock is a locality in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Portland, Victoria

Portland is a city in Victoria, Australia, and is the oldest European settlement in the state.

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Pyrenees (Victoria)

The Pyrenees is a wine-producing region centred on the Pyrenees ranges located in Victoria, Australia near the town of Avoca.

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Pyrenees Highway, Victoria

Pyrenees Highway is a rural highway in western Victoria, Australia, linking Ararat to Elphinstone.

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Redbank, Victoria

Redbank is a town in central Victoria, Australia.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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River Avoca

The Avoca (Abhainn Abhóca) is a river in County Wicklow, Ireland.

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Shire of Pyrenees

The Shire of Pyrenees is a local government area (LGA) in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state.

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Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

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Sunraysia Highway

Sunraysia Highway (route B220) is a north–south rural highway in western Victoria, linking Ouyen to the north-western Ballarat suburb of Mitchell Park, and acts as a secondary route to Calder Highway, the main route between Melbourne and Mildura.

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Thomas Mitchell (explorer)

Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell (15 June 1792 – 5 October 1855), often called Major Mitchell, was a Scottish surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia.

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Thoroughbred racing in Australia

Thoroughbred horse racing is a spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horse races is a very popular pastime with A$14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB).

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Victorian gold rush

The Victorian gold rush was a period in the history of Victoria, Australia, approximately between 1851 and the late 1860s.

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War memorial

A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were injured in a war.

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The Western Plains Football League was an Australian rules football League based in Victoria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avoca,_Victoria

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