VICFarming
Corryong
A remote valley needed its own farming and administrative centre.
1870sUpper Murray selectors gather · township forms
WHAT STARTED IT
Selectors and pastoral families created a service settlement in the upper Murray during the 1870s, far from larger regional towns.
WHAT SUSTAINED IT
Shire offices, stores and agricultural businesses consolidated Corryong; the railway arrived in 1921 but closed in 1978. Dairy processing was transferred from Corryong to Murray Goulburn’s Kiewa plant as local dairying contracted.
TURNING POINTS
1870sPermanent service settlement takes shape.
1890Township is surveyed.
1921Railway reaches Corryong.
2000sDairy processing was transferred from Corryong to Murray Goulburn’s Kiewa plant as local dairying contracted.
WHAT IT DOES NOW
The principal service town of the upper Murray, supporting cattle farms, forestry, health, education and high-country tourism.