Great Western, Victoria, the Glossary
Table of Contents
35 relations: Ararat, Victoria, Australia, Australia Day, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian rules football, Ballarat, Benno Seppelt, Champagne, Daylesford, Victoria, Division of Wannon, Electoral district of Ripon, Foster's Group, French people, Gold, Grampians (region), History of Australia (1788–1850), Local government in Australia, Melbourne, Mininera & District Football League, Phylloxera, Rodeo, Seppeltsfield (wine), Sheep, Shire of Northern Grampians, Sparkling wine, Stawell, Victoria, Syrah, The Canberra Times, Thoroughbred racing in Australia, Treasury Wine Estates, Victoria (state), Victorian gold rush, Vineyard, Western Highway (Victoria), Wimmera Southern Mallee (region).
Ararat, Victoria
Ararat (Djabwurrung: Tallarambooroo) is a town in the Central Highlands region in Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera.
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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 Day
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), is the national broadcaster of Australia.
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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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Ballarat
Ballarat (balla arat) is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia.
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Benno Seppelt
Oscar Benno Pedro Seppelt (13 July 1846 – 11 May 1931), known universally as Benno Seppelt, was a South Australian winemaker who helped the Barossa Valley become recognised as a premium wine region.
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Champagne
Champagne is a sparkling wine originated and produced in the Champagne wine region of France under the rules of the appellation, which demand specific vineyard practices, sourcing of grapes exclusively from designated places within it, specific grape-pressing methods and secondary fermentation of the wine in the bottle to cause carbonation.
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Daylesford, Victoria
Daylesford is a spa town located in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range, within the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia, approximately 114 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.
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Division of Wannon
The Division of Wannon is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria.
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Electoral district of Ripon
Ripon is a single member electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
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Foster's Group
Foster's Group Pty.
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French people
The French people (lit) are a nation primarily located in Western Europe that share a common French culture, history, and language, identified with the country of France.
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Gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.
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Grampians (region)
The Grampians is an economic rural region located in the western part of Victoria, Australia.
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History of Australia (1788–1850)
The history of Australia from 1788 to 1850 covers the early British colonial period of Australia's history.
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Local government in Australia
Local government is the third-level of government in Australia, administered with limited autonomy under the states and territories, and in turn beneath the federal government.
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Melbourne
Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.
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The Mininera & District Football League is based in South-western Victoria, with clubs located east of Hamilton, south of Ararat and west of Colac.
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Phylloxera
Grape phylloxera is an insect pest of grapevines worldwide, originally native to eastern North America.
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Rodeo
Rodeo is a competitive equestrian sport that arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain and Mexico, expanding throughout the Americas and to other nations.
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Seppeltsfield (wine)
Seppeltsfield, one of Australia's oldest wineries, was founded in 1851 by Joseph Ernst Seppelt.
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Sheep
Sheep (sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.
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Shire of Northern Grampians
The Shire of Northern Grampians is a local government area in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. Great Western, Victoria and Shire of Northern Grampians are Wimmera.
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Sparkling wine
Sparkling wine is a wine with significant levels of carbon dioxide in it, making it fizzy.
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Stawell, Victoria
Stawell ("stall"), is an Australian town in the Wimmera region of Victoria west-north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. Great Western, Victoria and Stawell, Victoria are Wimmera.
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Syrah
Syrah, also known as Shiraz, is a dark-skinned grape variety grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce red wine.
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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media.
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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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Treasury Wine Estates
Treasury Wine Estates is an Australian global winemaking and distribution business with headquarters in Melbourne.
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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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Vineyard
A vineyard is a plantation of grape-bearing vines, grown mainly for winemaking, but also raisins, table grapes, and non-alcoholic grape juice.
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Western Highway (Victoria)
Western Highway is a major arterial route in western Victoria with a length of approximately of single carriageway, then of dual carriageway known as Western Freeway, linking the western suburbs of Melbourne to the border with South Australia at Serviceton.
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Wimmera Southern Mallee (region)
The Victorian government's Wimmera Southern Mallee subregion is part of the Grampians region in western Victoria. Great Western, Victoria and Wimmera Southern Mallee (region) are Wimmera.
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