Robinvale
town in Victoria, Australia
Robinvale is a town on the south bank of the Murray River in north western Victoria, Australia. It is connected by a bridge to Euston on the other side of the river in New South Wales. At the 2021 census, Robinvale had a population of 3,740, but a population study conducted by the Rural City of Swan Hill in 2019 identified that Robinvale had an estimated population of between 7,000 in November and 8,800 in March each year. This is due to a large migrant population, with people seasonally employed on nearby farms.
History
The Robinvale region is home to at least five indigenous groups with traditional ownership belonging to people from the Latji Latji and Dadi Dadi people. The region, particularly Bumbang Island houses a large number of culturally significant sites and heritage items. The town is named in memory of Lieutenant George Robin Cuttle, who was killed in action during air combat over France in 1918. The Post Office opened in 1924 as Bumbang, but was renamed Robinvale in August of that year.
Robinvale was connected to the rest of the Victorian railway network when the line from Manangatang was opened in 1924. Work began in the 1920s on a 37-mile (60 km) extension of the line across the Murray River to Lette in New South Wales.
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