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'''Ultima''' is a town in northern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. The town is in the [[Rural City of Swan Hill]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]], {{convert|353|km|mi|0}} north-west of the state capital, [[Melbourne]] and {{convert|35|km|mi|0}} south of [[Swan Hill, Victoria|Swan Hill]]. At the 2021 Census Ultima had a population of 173,<ref name="abs16">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL22608| name = Ultima (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2023-05-23 | quick = on}}</ref> down from 333 in 2011.<ref name="abs11">{{Census 2011 AUS | id = SSC21384| name = Ultima (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2019-06-19 | quick = on}}</ref> |
'''Ultima''' is a town and district in northern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. The town is in the [[Rural City of Swan Hill]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]], {{convert|353|km|mi|0}} north-west of the state capital, [[Melbourne]] and {{convert|35|km|mi|0}} south-west of [[Swan Hill, Victoria|Swan Hill]]. At the 2021 Census Ultima had a population of 173,<ref name="abs16">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL22608| name = Ultima (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2023-05-23 | quick = on}}</ref> down from 333 in 2011.<ref name="abs11">{{Census 2011 AUS | id = SSC21384| name = Ultima (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2019-06-19 | quick = on}}</ref> |
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== Locality == |
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The district of Ultima is bounded to the north by Waitchie Rd which joins the Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road near the 14 Mile Bushland Reserve to the east. The eastern border extends south along Seven Road, west along Lake Boga-Ulitma Road, south again along Dog Netting Fence Road to join the southern boundary at Stumpy Lane and crossing the South Meatian Channel. At the junction of Stumpy Lane and Grey Road, the eastern boundary extends southwards again, crossing Rees Channel. The southernmost boundary extends westwards from the intersection of Grey Road with Meatian West Road, across Murnungin Channel at two points. Meatian West Road and Hancock Road junction makes the south-western corner of the Ultima district. Hancock Road heading north crosses Culgoa-Ultima Road to become Ford Road which meets Burns Road, and that extends a boundary westward, across another branch of Murnungin Channel to Loader Road which forms the northern end of the western boundary to Waitchie Road. |
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== Ecology == |
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[[Thomas Mitchell (explorer)|Thomas Mitchell]], exploring southeast along the Murray River in June 1836 and passing 35km from what was to be Ultima described how;<blockquote>Every day we passed over land which for natural fertility and beauty could scarcely be surpassed; over streams of unfailing abundance and plains covered with the richest pasturage. Stately trees and majestic mountains adorned the ever-varying scenery of this region, the most southern of all Australia and the best.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lydon |first=Jane |title=Fantastic dreaming: the archaeology of an Aboriginal mission |date=2009 |publisher=AltaMira Press |isbn=978-0-7591-1804-1 |location=Lanham, Md.}}</ref></blockquote> |
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[[Barababaraba|Barapa Barapa]], or Barababaraba (also spelt Barapabarapa) people are the original custodians of the land which they shared with traditional neighbours, the Wemba Wemba and [[Yorta Yorta]]. Their neighbours to the west around [[Lake Tyrrell]] were [[Wergaia]] or Werrigia people and the [[Dja Dja Wurrung]] occupied the south. |
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| ⚫ | Ultima Post Office opened on 27 July 1899,<ref name="PostOffice">{{Citation | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | access-date = 2008-04-11 }}</ref> the [[Quambatook]] to Ultima [[Quambatook railway station|railway]] was finished on 1 March 1900, and Ultima Primary School was established in 1902.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-01-03 |title=General |pages=43 |work=Weekly Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222559056 |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref> After the First World War, returned soldiers taking up the offer to farm [[Selection (Australian history)|selections]] in the Mallee were given a second-class ticket for the 19 hour journey to Ultima and district.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D.F.L. |date=1920-01-17 |title=Bush Sketcher: The Digger in the Mallee |pages=44 |work=The Australasian |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140234800 |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref> [[Robinvale]], 120km north of the town is named for Lieutenant George Robin Cuttle of Ultima who was [[killed in action]] during air combat over France during WWI, and whose mother hung a sign at the station which said ''Robin Vale'' ('farewell Robin' in Latin).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Holt |first1=Tonie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgBtBQAAQBAJ |title=Major and Mrs Holt's Pocket Battlefield Guide to the Somme 1916/1918 |last2=Holt |first2=Valmai |publisher=Pen & Sword Military |year=2014 |isbn=9781844153954 |series=Holt's Battlefield Guidebooks |pages=77}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | After marrying William Henry Jilbert 1919, Ethel (née Stevens) photographed activities on their farm in Ultima with a [[Kodak Brownie|Box Brownie]]; collections of her images are held in the State Libraries of New South Wales and Victoria.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pyke |first=Christine |date=2011 |title=Ethel Jilbert biography |url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/ethel-jilbert/biography/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Design and Art Australia Online}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | [[Percy Stewart]] (1885-1931),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stewart, Percy Gerald (1885-1931) |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1463487?c=people |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=National Library of Australia}}</ref> a farmer and one of the five original members of the [[Country Party (Victoria)|Country Party]] and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|M.L.A]] for [[Swan Hill]] 1917-19 and Federal Member of the House of Representatives for Wimmera 1919-1931, observed the effective lobbying of the Canadian grain growers' associations so became an advocate for compulsory nation-wide wheat pools big enough to guarantee prices for grain by countering the influence of banks, grain merchants and fertiliser companies. After his campaigning in country newspapers, the Victorian Wheat-growers' Association founded its first branch at Ultima in November 1928.<ref>{{Citation |last=Haig-Muir |first=K. M. |title=Stewart, Percy Gerald (1885–1931) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stewart-percy-gerald-8669 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-05-24 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> When the Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hill was vacated by Stewart's move into Federal politics in 1919, [[Francis Old|Francis Edward Old]] (1875-1950), who farmed in Ultima and married there September 1904, was elected unopposed as the Victorian Farmers' Union member.<ref>{{Citation |last=Costar |first=B. J. |title=Old, Francis Edward (1875–1950) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/old-francis-edward-7898 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-05-24 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, federal politician [[Alexander Wilson (Australian politician)|Alexander Wilson]] augmented the success of the (later Wheat and Woolgrowers') Association, and retired to a farm he had purchased in 1952 in Ultima.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Jones |first1=Barry O. |title=Wilson, Alexander (1889–1954) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilson-alexander-12044 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-05-24 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |last2=Lamb |first2=Tony}}</ref> |
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The ''Ultima Kangaroos'' are an [[Australian rules football]] club which compete in the [[Golden Rivers Football League]]. Since joining the then Kerang and District Football League in 1979, the 'Roos have won 10 premierships, which makes them one of the league's most successful teams during that time. |
The ''Ultima Kangaroos'' are an [[Australian rules football]] club which compete in the [[Golden Rivers Football League]]. Since joining the then Kerang and District Football League in 1979, the 'Roos have won 10 premierships, which makes them one of the league's most successful teams during that time. |
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| ⚫ | Ultima Post Office opened on 27 July 1899,<ref name="PostOffice">{{Citation | last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | access-date = 2008-04-11 }}</ref> the [[Quambatook]] to Ultima [[Quambatook railway station|railway]] was finished on 1 March 1900, and Ultima Primary School was established in 1902.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1920-01-03 |title=General |pages=43 |work=Weekly Times |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222559056 |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref> After the First World War, returned soldiers taking up the offer to farm [[Selection (Australian history)|selections]] in the Mallee were given a second-class ticket for the 19 hour journey to Ultima and district.<ref>{{Cite news |last=D.F.L. |date=1920-01-17 |title=Bush Sketcher: The Digger in the Mallee |pages=44 |work=The Australasian |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140234800 |access-date=2023-05-24}}</ref> [[Robinvale]], 120km north of the town is named for Lieutenant George Robin Cuttle of Ultima who was [[killed in action]] during air combat over France during WWI, and whose mother hung a sign at the station which said ''Robin Vale'' ('farewell Robin' in Latin).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Holt |first1=Tonie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mgBtBQAAQBAJ |title=Major and Mrs Holt's Pocket Battlefield Guide to the Somme 1916/1918 |last2=Holt |first2=Valmai |publisher=Pen & Sword Military |year=2014 |isbn=9781844153954 |series=Holt's Battlefield Guidebooks |pages=77}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | After marrying William Henry Jilbert 1919, Ethel (née Stevens) photographed activities on their farm in Ultima with a [[Kodak Brownie|Box Brownie]]; collections of her images are held in the State Libraries of New South Wales and Victoria.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pyke |first=Christine |date=2011 |title=Ethel Jilbert biography |url=https://www.daao.org.au/bio/ethel-jilbert/biography/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Design and Art Australia Online}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | [[Percy Stewart]] (1885-1931),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Stewart, Percy Gerald (1885-1931) |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1463487?c=people |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=National Library of Australia}}</ref> a farmer and one of the five original members of the [[Country Party (Victoria)|Country Party]] and [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|M.L.A]] for [[Swan Hill]] 1917-19 and Federal Member of the House of Representatives for Wimmera 1919-1931, observed the effective lobbying of the Canadian grain growers' associations so became an advocate for compulsory nation-wide wheat pools big enough to guarantee prices for grain by countering the influence of banks, grain merchants and fertiliser companies. After his campaigning in country newspapers, the Victorian Wheat-growers' Association founded its first branch at Ultima in November 1928.<ref>{{Citation |last=Haig-Muir |first=K. M. |title=Stewart, Percy Gerald (1885–1931) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stewart-percy-gerald-8669 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-05-24 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> When the Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hill was vacated by Stewart's move into Federal politics in 1919, [[Francis Old|Francis Edward Old]] (1875-1950), who farmed in Ultima and married there September 1904, was elected unopposed as the Victorian Farmers' Union member.<ref>{{Citation |last=Costar |first=B. J. |title=Old, Francis Edward (1875–1950) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/old-francis-edward-7898 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-05-24 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en}}</ref> Subsequently, federal politician [[Alexander Wilson (Australian politician)|Alexander Wilson]] augmented the success of the (later Wheat and Woolgrowers') Association, and retired to a farm he had purchased in 1952 in Ultima.<ref>{{Citation |last1=Jones |first1=Barry O. |title=Wilson, Alexander (1889–1954) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilson-alexander-12044 |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=2023-05-24 |place=Canberra |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |language=en |last2=Lamb |first2=Tony}}</ref> |
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=== Bird-watching === |
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| Coordinates | 35°29′S 143°15′E / 35.483°S 143.250°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 173 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3544 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Rural City of Swan Hill | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Murray Plains | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||||
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Ultima is a town and district in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Rural City of Swan Hill local government area, 353 kilometres (219 mi) north-west of the state capital, Melbourne and 35 kilometres (22 mi) south-west of Swan Hill. At the 2021 Census Ultima had a population of 173,[1] down from 333 in 2011.[2]
Locality
The district of Ultima is bounded to the north by Waitchie Rd which joins the Sea Lake-Swan Hill Road near the 14 Mile Bushland Reserve to the east. The eastern border extends south along Seven Road, west along Lake Boga-Ulitma Road, south again along Dog Netting Fence Road to join the southern boundary at Stumpy Lane and crossing the South Meatian Channel. At the junction of Stumpy Lane and Grey Road, the eastern boundary extends southwards again, crossing Rees Channel. The southernmost boundary extends westwards from the intersection of Grey Road with Meatian West Road, across Murnungin Channel at two points. Meatian West Road and Hancock Road junction makes the south-western corner of the Ultima district. Hancock Road heading north crosses Culgoa-Ultima Road to become Ford Road which meets Burns Road, and that extends a boundary westward, across another branch of Murnungin Channel to Loader Road which forms the northern end of the western boundary to Waitchie Road.
Ecology
Thomas Mitchell, exploring southeast along the Murray River in June 1836 and passing 35km from what was to be Ultima described how;
Every day we passed over land which for natural fertility and beauty could scarcely be surpassed; over streams of unfailing abundance and plains covered with the richest pasturage. Stately trees and majestic mountains adorned the ever-varying scenery of this region, the most southern of all Australia and the best.[3]
History
Barapa Barapa, or Barababaraba (also spelt Barapabarapa) people are the original custodians of the land which they shared with traditional neighbours, the Wemba Wemba and Yorta Yorta. Their neighbours to the west around Lake Tyrrell were Wergaia or Werrigia people and the Dja Dja Wurrung occupied the south.
Ultima Post Office opened on 27 July 1899,[4] the Quambatook to Ultima railway was finished on 1 March 1900, and Ultima Primary School was established in 1902.[5] After the First World War, returned soldiers taking up the offer to farm selections in the Mallee were given a second-class ticket for the 19 hour journey to Ultima and district.[6] Robinvale, 120km north of the town is named for Lieutenant George Robin Cuttle of Ultima who was killed in action during air combat over France during WWI, and whose mother hung a sign at the station which said Robin Vale ('farewell Robin' in Latin).[7]
After marrying William Henry Jilbert 1919, Ethel (née Stevens) photographed activities on their farm in Ultima with a Box Brownie; collections of her images are held in the State Libraries of New South Wales and Victoria.[8]
Percy Stewart (1885-1931),[9] a farmer and one of the five original members of the Country Party and M.L.A for Swan Hill 1917-19 and Federal Member of the House of Representatives for Wimmera 1919-1931, observed the effective lobbying of the Canadian grain growers' associations so became an advocate for compulsory nation-wide wheat pools big enough to guarantee prices for grain by countering the influence of banks, grain merchants and fertiliser companies. After his campaigning in country newspapers, the Victorian Wheat-growers' Association founded its first branch at Ultima in November 1928.[10] When the Legislative Assembly seat of Swan Hill was vacated by Stewart's move into Federal politics in 1919, Francis Edward Old (1875-1950), who farmed in Ultima and married there September 1904, was elected unopposed as the Victorian Farmers' Union member.[11] Subsequently, federal politician Alexander Wilson augmented the success of the (later Wheat and Woolgrowers') Association, and retired to a farm he had purchased in 1952 in Ultima.[12]
Sport
Football
| Ultima Kangaroos | |
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| Full name | Ultima Football Netball Club |
| Nickname(s) | Kangaroos |
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| Colours | Blue White |
| Competition | Golden Rivers Football League |
| Premierships | 9 (1981, 1983, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2015) |
| Ground(s) | Ultima Recreation Reserve |
The Ultima Kangaroos are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Golden Rivers Football League. Since joining the then Kerang and District Football League in 1979, the 'Roos have won 10 premierships, which makes them one of the league's most successful teams during that time.
Bird-watching
A small permanent freshwater lake continuously occupied by large numbers of Blue-billed ducks is found on the western side of the Lake Boga township, along Ultima-Lake Boga Rd, 18km from Ultima.[13]
Golf
Golfers play at the course of the Ultima Golf Club on Lake Boga Road.[14]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Ultima (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Ultima (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ Lydon, Jane (2009). Fantastic dreaming: the archaeology of an Aboriginal mission. Lanham, Md.: AltaMira Press. ISBN 978-0-7591-1804-1.
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2008
- ^ "General". Weekly Times. 3 January 1920. p. 43. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ D.F.L. (17 January 1920). "Bush Sketcher: The Digger in the Mallee". The Australasian. p. 44. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Holt, Tonie; Holt, Valmai (2014). Major and Mrs Holt's Pocket Battlefield Guide to the Somme 1916/1918. Holt's Battlefield Guidebooks. Pen & Sword Military. p. 77. ISBN 9781844153954.
- ^ Pyke, Christine (2011). "Ethel Jilbert biography". Design and Art Australia Online. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ "Stewart, Percy Gerald (1885-1931)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Haig-Muir, K. M., "Stewart, Percy Gerald (1885–1931)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 24 May 2023
- ^ Costar, B. J., "Old, Francis Edward (1875–1950)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 24 May 2023
- ^ Jones, Barry O.; Lamb, Tony, "Wilson, Alexander (1889–1954)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 24 May 2023
- ^ Wnorowski, Ted; Wnorowski, Alex (2017). Australian Good Birding Guide Victoria. New Auckland, Bayswater: Ted & Alex Wnorowski, Dennis Jones & Associates Pty, Limited [distributor]. ISBN 9780648010432.
- ^ Golf Select, Ultima, retrieved 11 May 2009
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