Wangaratta is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, 236 km (147 mi) from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had a population of 29,808 per the 2021 Australian Census.
Aerial view from the north-west, Hume Freeway bypass somewhere around top, One and Three Mile creeks meeting around the middle.
Cr George Handley, Mayor and Hubert Opperman in Wangaratta, November 15, 1927 after Opperman won the first stage of the Dunlop Grand Prix
George Handley (Mayor) and Duke of Gloucester on his visit to Wangaratta October 22, 1934
Government Centre
Hume Highway, inclusive of the sections now known as Hume Freeway and Hume Motorway, is one of Australia's major inter-city national highways, running for 840 kilometres (520 mi) between Melbourne in the southwest and Sydney in the northeast. Upgrading of the route from Sydney's outskirts to Melbourne's outskirts to dual carriageway was completed on 7 August 2013.
Hume Highway
A passable section of "Sydney Road" in the shire of Benalla, 1914.
A "Golden Guidepost" on the Holbrook Bypass section of Hume Freeway. The guidepost symbolises the connection of Melbourne and Sydney by dual carriageway.
Hume Highway as it passes through Holbrook, the final town on the highway bypassed
