Macorna, Victoria

Macorna is a small community within the Shire of Gannawarra, Australia. There are only a couple of houses, but there is a football/netball club, cricket club, Landcare group, fire station and a pony club. The town is 85 metres above sea level.

Macorna
Victoria
Macorna
Location in Shire of Gannawarra
Coordinates35°55′07″S 144°01′50″E
Population87 (2016)
Postcode(s)3579
Elevation85 m (279 ft)
Location
  • 267 km (166 mi) from Melbourne
  • 103 km (64 mi) from Bendigo
  • 25 km (16 mi) from Kerang
LGA(s)Shire of Gannawarra
State electorate(s)Murray Plains
Federal Division(s)Mallee
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
22.8 °C
73 °F		 9.4 °C
49 °F		 368.9 mm
14.5 in

Transport

The town is on the Yungera railway line and the railway reached Macorna in 1884. Macorna station closed in 1981.

Community

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Golden Rivers Football League.[1] Macorna was a founding member of the Kerang and District Football League in 1946, which was renamed the Golden Rivers Football League in 1998. Prior to World War II the club played in a number of local leagues, including the Tandarra-Macorna Line Football Association, Pyramid Hill Football League, Leagher Football Association, and Northern Districts Football League.

The Macorna Pony Club was formed in 2004,[2]

gollark: Not when you sell at twice the prices, hydro!
gollark: It's a backwards shop.
gollark: I do buy *manually* when I'm on.
gollark: To maintain a monopoly.
gollark: Hydronitrogen is keeping the code closed source.

References
  1. http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/golden_rivers_football_league.htm
  2. http://www.macorna.ponyclubvic.org.au/
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