Wodonga
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Situated on the Victorian border, 253 kilometres northeast of Melbourne, 470 kilometres southwest of Sydney and 227 kilometres southwest of Canberra, opposite Albury in New South Wales, Wodonga was founded as a customs post, with its twin on the other side of the Murray River. Although the town grew after the first bridge across the Murray opened in 1860, Wodonga was long regarded as the smaller, less prosperous cousin of the two. The situation changed after the Federal, New South Wales and Victorian governments selected Albury-Wodonga as a growth centre in 1973, but the pecking order remains largely unchanged.
Sources:
- Apple Maps (Location)
- Google Maps (Directions and distances; my measurements)
- Victorian Places: Wodonga and Wodonga Shire
- Wikipedia: Wodonga
