WANGARATTA
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V28,
Page 304
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
WANGARATTA
, a town of Victoria, Australia, in the counties of Moira, Delatite and Bogong, at the junction of the Ovens and See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King rivers, 1451 M. by rail N.E. of Melbourne
.
Pop
.
(1901) 2621
.
It is a prosperous little town in an agricultural district and is the see of an Anglican bishop
.
It has numerous industries, including flour-milling, tanning, fellmongery, brewing, coach- building, See also: - BACON
- BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
- BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
- BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
- BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
- BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
- BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)
bacon-curing, and bicycle and butter making
.
Important stock sales are held fortnightly, and there is an annual agricultural exhibition
.
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