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5 unusual facts about Swan Hill


Gold Air Bendigo

Its operations are subject to Civil Aviation Safety Authority regulatory approval and subject to the acquisition of four aircraft, but it has plans to start a Bendigo Airport to Essendon Airport service in January 2014, with plans to expand into Sydney, Adelaide, Mildura and Swan Hill.

Heliothis punctifera

In November 2005, this species caused a panic at Murray Downs Golf Club near Swan Hill, when swarms of them invaded the course and clubhouse.

Muckleford railway station

Muckleford is a railway station on the Maldon branch line off the main Echuca, Swan Hill lines in Victoria, Australia.

PS Success

It towed barges of sawn red gum, wool and other cargo along the Darling and Murray rivers, as well as running as a passenger boat from Swan Hill to Mildura during 1915-16.

Varapodio

Varapodio experienced significant levels of emigration during the 1950s to 1960s, with communities of emigrants settling in Northern Italy, the United States, Canada and within Australia, principally Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Cobram, Shepparton and Swan Hill.



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Border Railways Act 1922

The Balranald line was to have left the Victorian network at Swan Hill, but instead branched from the Deniliquin line at Barnes.

Swan Hill railway line

Options discussed include the return of passenger trains on the existing railway between Ballarat and Mildura, or via an extension the extension of the railway from Swan Hill to connect to the Mildura line at Ouyen.

Windsor, Queensland

It contained the suburbs of Lutwyche, Wilston Albion, Swan Hill, Eildon, O'Connell Town, The Grange and Wooloowin and portions of Kedron, Newmarket, Queensland, and Eagle Junction.