Koetong
Koetong is a locality in north-east Victoria, Australia. The locality, part of the Towong Shire local government area, is on the Murray Valley Highway between Tallangatta and Corryong, 394 kilometres (245 mi) north-east of the state capital, Melbourne, .
| Koetong Victoria | |||||||||
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 The Koetong Pub on the Murray Valley Highway | |||||||||
  Koetong Location in Shire of Towong, Victoria | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 36°09′S 147°30′E | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3704 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 600–1,100 m (1,969–3,609 ft) | ||||||||
| Location |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Towong | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Benambra | ||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Indi | ||||||||
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Koetong was surveyed in 1885 but not proclaimed until 1952.[1] Tin and gold mining has been sporadically carried out in the area since 1873.[2]
The local state school first opened in 1890 and after several temporary closures, closed permanently in 2003.[1] The town is an access point to nearby Mount Lawson State Park.[3]
Climate
Koetong features warm, stormy summers and cold, very wet winters with frequent snowfalls at higher elevations. Climate data is sourced from Hunters Hill, in the pine plantations to the south of Koetong at an altitude of 981 metres (3,219 ft) AMSL (operating since 1993)—the surrounding hills are even higher, reaching 1,100 metres (3,600 ft).
This climate features a particularly wide annual range of maximum temperatures—almost a range of 20 °C (68 °F): 26.2 °C (79.2 °F) in summer; 7.3 °C (45.1 °F) in winter, as well as a prominent winter precipitation peak due to westerly upwinds; as with the rest of the South West Slopes bio-region.
| Climate data for Hunters Hill (1993–2020); 981 m AMSL; 36° 12′ 38.96″ S | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 38.8 (101.8) |
36.9 (98.4) |
32.8 (91.0) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.3 (70.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
18.4 (65.1) |
24.5 (76.1) |
28.6 (83.5) |
33.3 (91.9) |
36.0 (96.8) |
38.8 (101.8) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.8 (71.2) |
16.6 (61.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
8.5 (47.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.3 (54.1) |
16.3 (61.3) |
19.9 (67.8) |
23.2 (73.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 14.6 (58.3) |
14.0 (57.2) |
11.6 (52.9) |
8.5 (47.3) |
5.4 (41.7) |
3.0 (37.4) |
1.9 (35.4) |
2.5 (36.5) |
4.5 (40.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
10.0 (50.0) |
12.0 (53.6) |
7.9 (46.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 3.0 (37.4) |
2.3 (36.1) |
1.6 (34.9) |
−0.3 (31.5) |
−2.1 (28.2) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−6.7 (19.9) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65.1 (2.56) |
71.2 (2.80) |
70.4 (2.77) |
75.2 (2.96) |
99.7 (3.93) |
133.2 (5.24) |
153.9 (6.06) |
137.1 (5.40) |
114.7 (4.52) |
84.3 (3.32) |
92.8 (3.65) |
77.7 (3.06) |
1,175.3 (46.27) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 11.4 | 14.4 | 18.6 | 15.8 | 13.7 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 135.1 |
| Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology; Hunters Hill | |||||||||||||
References
- "Koetong". Towns and Localities: Shire of Towong. RootsWeb. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- Annear, Robyn. "Koetong Tin Field" (PDF). Heritage Victoria. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 17 August 2010.
- "Koetong". Towns and villages. Towong Shire Council. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2010.