Benalla

Benalla

      city, central Victoria, Australia, on the Broken River. Founded in 1848 on an overland stock route after Sir Thomas Mitchell's exploration of the area, its name is derived from an Aboriginal term meaning “crossing place,” “big water holes,” or, possibly, “musk duck.” The city is a rail and highway junction and the commercial centre for a district of livestock, poultry, and grain farming. Local industries include flour milling and sawmilling, food processing, clothing manufacture, and railroad workshops. Close to Mount Buller (5,919 feet [1,804 m]) and other ski areas, Benalla also is a winter resort. A statue of locally born surgeon Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop, a hero during the construction of the infamous railroad built by Allied prisoners between Burma (Myanmar) and Siam (Thailand) in World War II, stands in the city. It became a shire in 1869, a borough in 1948, and a city in 1965. Pop. (2001) urban centre, 8,593.

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