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| Colignan Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 TheMurray River flows through Colignan. This island, commonly known as Watts's or Colignan Island, is fully submerged when the river is high | |||||||||||||||
  Colignan | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°33′S142°23′E / 34.550°S 142.383°E /-34.550; 142.383 | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 305 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3494 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Rural City of Mildura | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Mildura | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||||
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Colignan is a town on the banks of theMurray River, in North WesternVictoria,Australia. The town is on the border of theHattah-Kulkyne National Park. At the2016 census, Colignan and the surrounding area had a population of 329.[1]
The closest town to Colignan is calledNangiloc which is Colignan spelt in reverse. It appears that Colignan predated Nangiloc, and Colignan is thought to have been the name of a local Aboriginal leader.
Colignan and nearby localitiesNangiloc andIraak were established assoldier settlement farming areas afterWorld War I, road access to the area being from the west via Boonoonar on what is now theCalder Highway.[2] A Post Office opened on August 22, 1922, marking the beginning of postal services to the area. It closed in 1988.[3]
In common with many other soldier settlement areas the blocks provided were too small to be viable and most original settlers had left by the mid-1930s and were replaced by a later generation using irrigation.
The economy of the town is based on primary industry, mostly citrus and grape growing. Avocados and almonds are also well represented. The rich soil and the proximity to the Murray River have allowed farming of a diverse range of crops. Dry land farming in the area consists of mainly wheat and barley.[4]
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