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Warrnambool (/ ˈwɔːrnəmbuːl / ⓘ; Maar: Peetoop or Wheringkernitch or Warrnambool) [2] is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. [1] Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (Allansford) marks the western end of the Great Ocean Road and the southern end of ...
Henry Laurie (1837/1838?–14 May 1922) was an Australian philosopher, a journalist, and the first professor of philosophy at the University of Melbourne. [1] Laurie was educated at the University of Edinburgh where he was strongly influenced by the philosopher Alexander Campbell Fraser. Laurie did not graduate from the university for health ...
Southern Ocean. The City of Warrnambool is a local government area in the Barwon South West region of Victoria, Australia, located in the south-western part of the state. It covers an area of 121 square kilometres (47 sq mi) and in June 2018 had a population of 34,862. [1] It is entirely surrounded by the Shire of Moyne and the Southern Ocean ...
Grand Annual. The Grand Annual is an Australian Thoroughbred steeplechase for horses that run at Warrnambool, Victoria during its annual May Racing Carnival. The distance is officially listed as about 5500 metres because many sections of the race are run in open paddocks with little or no fences. The race is the longest horse race run in ...
The company was registered on 28 May 1888 and the construction of factory facilities followed. [3] In fact, two co-operative companies opened cheese and butter factories in Victoria in 1888; the first to open, on 22 October, was the Cobden and District Cheese and Butter Factory Company Ltd, and then on 14 November the Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Co. Ltd. opened their factory in ...
In November 1934 Kraft Walker leased the factory owned by Warrnambool Cheese and Butter at Allansford, and soon expanded it. [11] Red Coon was coated with red wax, later replaced with cellophane, and the red stripe in the current logo is a residual reference to the original packaging. [7]
The museum is located on the site of the original Warrnambool Cheese and Butter factory, which was established in 1888. The museum also exhibits the history of the company and the growth of the dairy industry in Victoria from the early 1900s. [3]
The Shire of Warrnambool was a local government area located about 260 kilometres (162 mi) west-southwest of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,605 square kilometres (619.7 sq mi), and existed from 1854 until 1994. Warrnambool itself was managed by a separate entity; the City of Warrnambool .