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Delve into Arkona in Australia

Arkona in the region of Victoria is located in Australia - some 405 mi or ( 652 km ) West of Canberra , the country's capital .

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Local time in Arkona is now 04:19 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Australia/Melbourne " with a UTC offset of 11 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger destinations might be interesting for you: Adelaide, Wail, Tarranyurk, Ni Ni East, and Melbourne. While being here, you might want to check out Adelaide . Are you curious about the possible sightseeing spots and facts in Arkona ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Antwerp, Victoria

Antwerp is a small town in Victoria, Australia on the Dimboola - Rainbow Road, in the Shire of Hindmarsh, 22 kilometres north of Dimboola and 356 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. The area was first settled by Europeans in 1846, when George Shaw and Horatio Ellerman applied for 130,000 acres for sheep grazing. Ellerman named the area after his birthplace, the Belgian city of Antwerp. In 1858 two Moravian missionaires, Reverend Friedrich Hagenauer and Reverend Spieseke, arrived in the area.

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Located at -36.30 142.05 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: History of the Australia work of the Moravian Church, Towns in Victoria (Australia), Wimmera

Dimboola

Dimboola is located in Shire of Hindmarsh in the Wimmera region of Western Victoria, Australia, 334 kilometres north-west of Melbourne. Situated on the Wimmera River in the State of Victoria,the town of Dimboola was previously known as 'Nine Creeks'. Following a survey conducted in late 1862 by contractor Frederick Smith of Ararat, a plan for a township in the County of Dimboola was proposed.

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Located at -36.45 142.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Towns in Victoria (Australia), Wimmera

Shire of Dimboola

The Shire of Dimboola was a local government area in the Wimmera region of western Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 4,856 square kilometres, and existed from 1885 until 1995.

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Located at -36.45 142.02 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Former Local Government Areas of Victoria (Australia)

Dimboola Memorial Secondary College

Dimboola Memorial Secondary College is a Public, co-educational secondary school day school located in Dimboola, Victoria, Australia. It is a small country secondary college with about 180 students and was originally erected as a memorial to those who fought in the First World War. It is located on a hill overlooking Dimboola and the Little Desert. The school's motto is "Facta Non Verba", meaning 'by deeds and not words'.

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Located at -36.45 142.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Educational institutions established in 1924, High schools in Victoria (Australia), Public schools in Victoria (Australia)

Dimboola railway station

Dimboola is a railway station in Dimboola, Victoria, Australia. The only passenger rail service which stops at the station is the Overland which runs thrice weekly each way between Melbourne and Adelaide. V/Line also operates road coach services to and from the station. The station is located on Hindmarsh Street. Victorian intrastate rail services to the station ended on 21 August 1993 with the withdrawal of the V/Line Dimboola service.

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Located at -36.45 142.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Railway stations in Victoria (Australia)