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Great Western, Victoria


FieldValue
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nameGreat Western
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imageGreat Western Western Highway.JPG
captionThe Western Highway at Great Western
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coordinates
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pop_year
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dist1225
dir1north west
location1Melbourne
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| timezone-dst = | utc-dst = | near-n = | near-ne = | near-e = | near-se = | near-s = | near-sw = | near-w = | near-nw = Great Western is a town in the east of the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Western Highway, in the Shire of Northern Grampians local government area, 225 kilometres north west of the state capital, Melbourne. The town has a population of 425.

The first European settlers in the Great Western area were sheep graziers in the 1840s and closer settlement began with the discovery of gold during the Victorian gold rush, the Post Office opening on 1 June 1858. . The first vineyards in the Great Western area were established by two Frenchmen who met at the gold diggings at Daylesford. Following their example, Joseph Best and his brother Henry established vineyards in 1865. Following Joseph's death in 1888, the property was purchased by Hans Irvine. Irvine imported staff from France and dedicated himself to establishing a sparkling wine of comparable quality to French champagne. In 1918, Irvine sold the winery to his friend and Australian wine pioneer, Benno Seppelt.{{cite news |access-date=2008-05-19

Today, Great Western is the wine and food village of the Grampians. Wineries are still producing quality sparkling wines including Seppelt Salinger at the Seppelt winery, now owned by Treasury Wine Estates.{{cite web | access-date = 2007-05-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070722111218/http://www.seppelt.com.au/wines/salinger.html | archive-date = 22 July 2007 | url-status = dead |access-date=2007-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828224149/http://fosters.com.au/enjoy/wine/seppelt.htm |archive-date=2007-08-28 |url-status=dead |access-date=2007-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303112505/http://www.bestswines.com/main.htm |archive-date=2007-03-03 |url-status=dead | access-date = 2007-05-31 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070829115700/http://seppelt.com.au/vineyards/greatwestern.html | archive-date = 29 August 2007 | url-status = dead | author-link = Pip Courtney | access-date = 2007-05-31

The horse racing club, the Wimmera Racing Club, holds the Great Western Cup meeting on Australia Day (26 January), and a rodeo is also held annually.

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mininera & District Football League.

References

References

  1. {{Census 2021 AUS
  2. Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List".
  3. (18 October 1987). "Champagne full of surprises and industry take-overs". [[The Canberra Times]].
  4. Country Racing Victoria. "Wimmera Racing at Great Western".
  5. [http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/west-and-fairest-lions-roar-20120324-1vrcy.html West and fairest Lions roar] The Age 25 March 2012
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