Editing Corryong

{{Short description|Town in Victoria, Australia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox Australian place | type = town
| name     = Corryong
| state    = vic
| image    = CorryongMainStreet.JPG
| caption  = Hansen St, the main street of Corryong
| use_lga_map = yes
| coordinates = {{coord|36|11|53|S|147|53|58|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Shire of Towong]], Victoria
| pushpin_label_position = left
| lga      = Shire of Towong
| postcode = 3707
| est      = 
| pop      = 1348
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS2011">{{Census 2011 AUS|id=SSC20339 |name=Corryong (State Suburb)|accessdate=16 February 2014|quick=on}}</ref>
| elevation= 313.5
| maxtemp  = 21.2
| mintemp  = 7.4
| rainfall = 775.6
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Benambra|Benambra]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Indi|Indi]]
| dist1    = 431
| dir1     = NE
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 120
| dir2     = E
| dist3    = 71
| dir3     = SSW
| location3= [[Tumbarumba]]

| location2= [[Wodonga, Victoria|Wodonga]]
}}

'''Corryong''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia, {{convert|120|km|mi}} east of [[Albury-Wodonga]], near the upper reaches of the [[Murray River]] and close to the [[New South Wales]] border.  At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Corryong had a population of 1,348.<ref name="ABS2011"/>

The post office opened on 1 February 1874.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Corryong* | access-date = 23 February 2021 }}</ref> The town also has its own  [[Corryong Airport|airport]].

Corryong hosts ''The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival'', held annually in April.<ref name = "bushfestival" />

==Education==
Corryong is supported by a variety of service clubs, a hospital and schools. It has a Catholic primary and Corryong College P-12 school. The college has approximately 300(2019) students.  Corryong is also home to the Australian Institute of Flexible Learning (AIFL) which offers 100% online education to all of Australia.

==Geography==

Its location makes it the Victorian gateway to the New South Wales snowfields, including the [[Thredbo, New South Wales|Thredbo]] ski village, and the [[Snowy Mountains Scheme]].  It is a way station for many travellers, particularly those on [[motorcycle]]s, travelling across Australia's highest mountains.  Other tourists come to fish in the river and other nearby waterways, or to partake in horseriding around the mountain areas surrounding the town.

It is also of note as the home of Jack Riley, a hermit [[stockman (Australia)|stockman]] employed by John Pierce of [[Greg Greg|Greg Greg Station]] for 23 years to run cattle at Tom Groggin {{convert|60|km}} upriver from {{NSWcity|Khancoban}}.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} The local government uses this claim extensively in its tourist promotions, and holds The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival annually <ref name = "bushfestival">{{Citation | title = The Man from Snowy River Bush Festival | url = http://www.manfromsnowyriverbushfestival.com.au/ | access-date = 6 October 2018 | archive-date = 21 January 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100121145439/http://www.manfromsnowyriverbushfestival.com.au/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Corryong is close to the [[Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park]] and the massive [[Alpine National Park]].  The [[Kosciuszko National Park]] is located nearby across the state border. Both of these areas were extensively burnt in the bushfires which raged through the region in January 2003 and in the summer of 2019/20.
	
==Industry==
Industries in the area involve mainly agriculture and forestry, particularly beef and dairy farming.  The forestry industries include both the harvesting of native [[eucalypt]]s and of the extensive [[tree plantations|pine plantations]] in the area, which extend along a general high-rainfall zone from [[Tumbarumba]] in the north-east to [[Shelley, Victoria|Shelley]] in the south-west.

==Climate==
Corryong has a borderline [[oceanic climate|oceanic]] / [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfb'' / ''Cfa'') with warm to hot, dry summers that are chilly by morning and cool, wet winters with persistent cloud cover. The seasonal range of maximum temperatures between January and July, is especially marked. [[rain and snow mixed|Sleet]] occurs in winter and snow may also occur.

{{Weather box
|location = Corryong (Parish Lane, 1972–2006, rainfall to 1891); 314 m AMSL; 36.20° S, 147.90° E
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|collapsed=
|humidity colour = green
|Jan record high C = 41.6
|Feb record high C = 40.8
|Mar record high C = 38.0
|Apr record high C = 34.5
|May record high C = 27.1	
|Jun record high C = 21.6	
|Jul record high C = 18.6	
|Aug record high C = 24.6	
|Sep record high C = 27.8	
|Oct record high C = 32.4
|Nov record high C = 38.8
|Dec record high C = 40.5	
|year record high C = 41.6
|Jan high C = 30.7	
|Feb high C = 30.5
|Mar high C = 27.3
|Apr high C = 21.7
|May high C = 16.3	
|Jun high C = 11.9
|Jul high C = 11.4
|Aug high C = 13.8
|Sep high C = 17.2
|Oct high C = 20.9
|Nov high C = 24.6	
|Dec high C = 28.1
|year high C = 
|Jan low C = 13.6
|Feb low C = 13.6
|Mar low C = 10.6
|Apr low C = 7.0	
|May low C = 4.4
|Jun low C = 2.4	
|Jul low C = 1.8
|Aug low C = 2.7	
|Sep low C = 4.8
|Oct low C = 6.8
|Nov low C = 9.3	
|Dec low C = 11.6
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = 4.2	
|Feb record low C = 4.0	
|Mar record low C = 2.4
|Apr record low C = -1.5
|May record low C = -3.2
|Jun record low C = -5.0		
|Jul record low C = -5.3 	
|Aug record low C = -4.8	
|Sep record low C = -2.8	
|Oct record low C = -1.2 
|Nov record low C = 0.0
|Dec record low C = 2.9
|year record low C = -5.3	
| precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 51.0
|Feb precipitation mm = 44.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 53.3	
|Apr precipitation mm = 50.9
|May precipitation mm = 62.5	
|Jun precipitation mm = 77.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 80.3	
|Aug precipitation mm = 81.6	
|Sep precipitation mm = 70.8	
|Oct precipitation mm = 80.2
|Nov precipitation mm = 62.8
|Dec precipitation mm = 59.5	
|year precipitation mm = 775.6
|unit precipitation days = 0.2mm
|Jan precipitation days = 6.0
|Feb precipitation days = 5.5
|Mar precipitation days = 6.3
|Apr precipitation days = 7.2
|May precipitation days = 10.0
|Jun precipitation days = 12.7
|Jul precipitation days = 13.6
|Aug precipitation days = 13.6
|Sep precipitation days = 11.8
|Oct precipitation days = 10.8
|Nov precipitation days = 8.3	
|Dec precipitation days = 7.2
|year precipitation days =113.0
|Jan afthumidity = 35
|Feb afthumidity = 36
|Mar afthumidity = 36
|Apr afthumidity = 48
|May afthumidity = 61
|Jun afthumidity = 71
|Jul afthumidity = 69
|Aug afthumidity = 60
|Sep afthumidity = 55
|Oct afthumidity = 50
|Nov afthumidity = 43
|Dec afthumidity = 37
|year afthumidity = 50	
|Jan sun = 303.8
|Feb sun = 268.4
|Mar sun = 257.3
|Apr sun = 210.0
|May sun = 145.7
|Jun sun = 99.0
|Jul sun = 108.5
|Aug sun = 136.4
|Sep sun = 177.0
|Oct sun = 235.6
|Nov sun = 261.0
|Dec sun = 269.7
|year sun = 
|source 1 = Corryong (Parish Lane, 1972–2006)<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_082011_All.shtml
| publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Climate statistics for Corryong |accessdate = 6 August 2023}}</ref>
|source 2 = Khancoban SMHEA (sunshine hours, 1962–1994)<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_072060_All.shtml
| publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Sun hours from Khancoban |accessdate = 6 August 2023}}</ref>
|date= August 2023
}}

The airport site is somewhat lower and flatter than the now-decommissioned town site, attaining greater extremes in temperature. Since 2006 there is a general increase in rainfall with a newfound tendency to fall in the summer months (though still retaining a winter peak).   
 
{{Weather box
|location = Corryong Airport (2006–2023); 290 m AMSL; 36.18° S, 147.89° E
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|collapsed=
|humidity colour = green
|Jan record high C = 44.0
|Feb record high C = 43.6
|Mar record high C = 38.2
|Apr record high C = 32.0
|May record high C = 26.5	
|Jun record high C = 20.2
|Jul record high C = 19.0
|Aug record high C = 22.8	
|Sep record high C = 29.0	
|Oct record high C = 35.4
|Nov record high C = 39.1
|Dec record high C = 41.0	
|year record high C = 44.0
|Jan high C = 32.2	
|Feb high C = 30.7
|Mar high C = 27.6
|Apr high C = 21.8
|May high C = 15.9	
|Jun high C = 12.1
|Jul high C = 11.8
|Aug high C = 14.0
|Sep high C = 18.0
|Oct high C = 22.3
|Nov high C = 26.1
|Dec high C = 29.1
|year high C = 
|Jan low C = 14.2
|Feb low C = 13.1
|Mar low C = 10.9
|Apr low C = 6.2
|May low C = 3.1
|Jun low C = 1.7	
|Jul low C = 1.1
|Aug low C = 1.8	
|Sep low C = 3.3
|Oct low C = 5.3
|Nov low C = 9.5	
|Dec low C = 11.7
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = 4.2	
|Feb record low C = 4.1
|Mar record low C = 1.1
|Apr record low C = -2.1
|May record low C = -5.0
|Jun record low C = -6.0		
|Jul record low C = -6.0	
|Aug record low C = -5.0	
|Sep record low C = -4.1	
|Oct record low C = -3.5
|Nov record low C = -0.6
|Dec record low C = 1.2
|year record low C = -6.0
| precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 64.7
|Feb precipitation mm = 62.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 75.2	
|Apr precipitation mm = 49.2
|May precipitation mm = 57.4	
|Jun precipitation mm = 70.6
|Jul precipitation mm = 81.4	
|Aug precipitation mm = 82.4	
|Sep precipitation mm = 71.0	
|Oct precipitation mm = 50.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 82.6
|Dec precipitation mm = 64.5	
|year precipitation mm = 811.7
|unit precipitation days = 0.2mm
|Jan precipitation days = 7.6
|Feb precipitation days = 7.4
|Mar precipitation days = 9.4
|Apr precipitation days = 10.4
|May precipitation days = 19.9
|Jun precipitation days = 23.9
|Jul precipitation days = 23.7
|Aug precipitation days = 20.1
|Sep precipitation days = 13.4
|Oct precipitation days = 9.3
|Nov precipitation days = 10.4	
|Dec precipitation days = 9.2
|year precipitation days =164.7
|source 1 = Corryong Airport (2006–2023)<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_082169_All.shtml
| publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Climate statistics for Corryong |accessdate = 12 March 2024}}</ref>
|date= March 2024
}}

[[File:Jack Riley grave Man From Snowy River.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Grave of Jack Riley (1841-1914), ''[[The Man from Snowy River (poem)|The Man from Snowy River]]'', Corryong cemetery]]

==Sport==
Golfers play at the Corryong Golf Club on Donaldson Street, a nine-hole course.<ref name = "golf">{{Citation  | author= Golf Select | title = Corryong | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1338 | accessdate = 2009-05-11 }}</ref>

The town is the centre of the [[Upper Murray Football League]], an [[Australian Rules Football]] competition which began in 1893. Corryong is home to two of the three foundation clubs: Corryong FC, which has been based in the town from 1893 and Federal FC, formerly the Mount Elliot Miners and renamed in 1901 to celebrate the [[Federation of Australia]] and moved to be fully based at Corryong around the same time.

===Historical grandstand===
The Corryong Recreation Reserve was the home of the Grandstand, known as "The Grand Old Lady" to some locals in the Upper Murray community.

In late 1902 the idea was raised for the possible building of a grandstand at the Corryong Recreation Reserve which would be shared between the Corryong Race Club & the A&P Society (today known as the Corryong & Upper Murray A&P Society Inc.). Fundraising started almost immediately through a range of means including "Bazaars", and by 1905 arrangements were in place to erect the grandstand. On 14 February 1906 an ad was placed calling for tenders, and on 22 June 1906 the contract was let for [[Australian pound|A£]]393 with work to proceed shortly.

{{blockquote|'''GRANDSTAND OPENED.'''<br/>At today's race meeting the new grandstand will receive its initiation. The contractor (Mr. Tom Greenhill) has done his work well, and Corryong may justly claim to have the largest building of the kind outside Albury. The design is elegant and the height of the stand ensures a splendid view over all parts of the course. The Racing Club has completed the fencing of the saddling paddock adjoining, and a new publicans booth and fruit stall have been erected, while the luncheon booth has been removed to a suitable site near the stand. The public will find the new improvements a great advantage and the clubs should benefit accordingly. We trust that the year of 1907 will commence a new era of prosperity for all the local institutions, and that they will continue to work amicably together, for co-operation in these matters lighten the burden on the general public - and that in a small community like ours, is a most important consideration.|''[[Corryong Courier|The Corryong Courier]]'': 14 February 1907}}

Many years passed since the Grandstand was opened before the Corryong Racing Club left, leaving the A&P Society with sole ownership of the grandstand. Additional the neighbouring [[Towong, Victoria#Towong Turf Club|Towong Turf Club]]'s "Towong Grandstand" was built by Tom Greenhill around the same time and done in a similar style to the "Corryong Grandstand". It's unclear when the Corryong Recreation Reserve was repurposed for [[Australian Rules Football|football]] but sometime after both the [[Corryong Football Netball Club|Corryong Football Club]] & the [[Federal Football Netball Club|Federal Football Club]] moved here, with each building their own clubrooms.

However, by early 2014, after many years of neglect the grandstand was deemed unsafe to the public, and was fenced off to stop any public access. On 2 September 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.towong.vic.gov.au/about-council/agendas-minutes/minutes/images/FINAL2_September_2014.pdf |title=Minutes: Ordinary Meeting of Council |access-date=13 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173830/http://www.towong.vic.gov.au/about-council/agendas-minutes/minutes/images/FINAL2_September_2014.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> it was announced that there were plans to demolish the historic 108-year-old Corryong Grandstand as part of plans to refurbish the Towong Grandstand at the [[Towong, Victoria#Towong Turf Club|Towong Turf Club]]. The Corryong Grandstand was not heritage listed on either the [[Australian National Heritage List]] or the [[Victorian Heritage Register]].<ref>[http://www.bordermail.com.au/story/2618099/avoiding-a-grandstand-finish-photos/?cs=11 Corryong launches community fight to save historic grandstand] The Border Mail 11 October 2014</ref> After public backlash from the Upper Murray community the Facebook page "Corryong Grandstand - Stand By Me" was established on 29 September 2014 and a petition started on Change.Org. After gathering submissions from members of the community, the group had a meeting with [[Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal|VCAT]] scheduled for 10 April 2015 in Melbourne, but was later rescheduled for 8 May 2015, in Wodonga. An announcement regarding its fate was scheduled to take place on 1 June 2015. In the 10 September 2015 edition of the ''[[Corryong Courier]]'' the grandstand made the front page with the headline reading "Last Stand? Death knell sounds for grandstand."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/156498674495448/photos/a.157203814424934.54696.156498674495448/763465457132097/?type=1&theater  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/156498674495448/763465457132097 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Last Stand? Death knell sounds for grandstand |work=Facebook |date=10 September 2015 |access-date= }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
* [[John M. Hull]], a professor of religious education (born in Corryong on 22 April 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.johnmhull.biz/about_jmh.html/ |title=Biography of Professor John M Hull |access-date=24 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125044124/http://www.johnmhull.biz/about_jmh.html/ |archive-date=25 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Lee Kernaghan]], a country musician (born in Corryong on 15 April 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.leekernaghan.com.au/bio/ |title=LEE KERNAGHAN - it's Planet Country |access-date=23 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822021424/http://www.leekernaghan.com.au/bio/ |archive-date=22 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* [[Corrine Grant]], an actress and comedian (born in Corryong on 12 June 1973)<ref>[http://www.tv.com/people/corinne-grant/ Corinne Grant] TV.com</ref>
* [[Horrie the Wog Dog]], a terrier, unofficial mascot of the [[2/1st Machine Gun Battalion (Australia)|2/1st Machine Gun Battalion]] (died in Corryong 12 March 1945)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/horrie/ |title=Horrie the Wog Dog |publisher=[[Australian War Memorial]] |date= |access-date= }}</ref>
* [[Elyne Mitchell]], champion skier, cattlewoman, and author of the ''Silver Brumby'' series of children's books (who died in Corryong). The local library is named after her.

==See also==
{{commons category|Corryong}}
* [[Corryong Airport]]
* [[Snowy Mountains Scheme]]

==References==
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