Benalla
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Benalla is a friendly and accessible rural city which provides interesting, comfortable and supportive living environments for retirees.
Benalla is a Rural City of about 10,000 people located in Bpangerang and Taungurung country in the State of Victoria in the south-east corner of mainland Australia. It is situated in the north-east of the State on the Broken River, which has been dammed to form the picturesque Lake Benalla. Only 200 km north of Melbourne on the Hume Freeway, Albury/ Wodonga, Shepparton, Mansfield, the snow fields and wineries are not far away.
Together with the Benalla Botanical Gardens, famous for its roses; Benalla has a stunning Regional Art Gallery, the Performing Arts and Convention Centre (BPACC), the Weary Dunlop memorial, acclaimed street art built up during the Benalla Wall to Wall Street Art Festival over recent years, the Waller Memorial, a superb Costume & Pioneer Museum; a unique Ceramic Mural and the historic court house at which Ned Kelly often appeared. The Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop Learning Centre (Benalla's Library) is located in a beautiful setting overlooking the lake. |
Links...If you would like to find out more about Benalla, the following links may help:
Benalla Art Gallery Benalla Camera Club Benalla Costume and Kelly Museum Benalla Family Research Group Benalla Festival Benalla Library Benalla and District Historical Society Benalla Migrant Camp Exhibition Benalla Performing Arts & Convention Centre and Cinema Benalla Rural City Benalla Street Art Benalla Street Art Map (to 2018) Taungurung People Who, What and Where? Other groups of interest to our U3A members include:
Benalla Bowling Club Benalla Men's Shed Benalla Sustainable Future Group Broken River Painters Cooinda Village Croquet Club CWA (Country Women's Association) Friends of the Benalla Library Friends of the Gallery Friends of BPACC Benalla Golf Club North East Artisans Ovens and Murray Bowls Probus Rotary Senior Citizens and more!.... |
