Carwarp, Victoria Explained

Type:town
Carwarp
State:vic
Use Lga Map:yes
Coordinates:-34.467°N 142.2°W
Pop:68
Postcode:3494
Dist1:514
Location1:Melbourne
Dist2:36
Location2:Mildura
Dist3:72
Location3:Ouyen
Dist4:19
Location4:Red Cliffs[1]
Lga:Rural City of Mildura
Stategov:Mildura
Fedgov:Mallee
Near-N:Red Cliffs
Near-Ne:Iraak
Near-E:Nangiloc
Near-Se:Colignan
Near-S:Hattah
Near-Sw:Murray-Sunset
Near-W:Merrinee
Near-Nw:Koorlong

Carwarp is a locality in Victoria, Australia, approximately 36 km from Mildura, Victoria.Carwarp was the home town of Percy Stewart,[2] a founding member of the Victorian Farmers Union, from which the Country Party (now National Party of Australia) emerged.[3] Stewart served in both the Victorian Legislative Assembly, where he represented the electoral district of Mildura, and in the federal parliament for the Australian House of Representatives electorate of Wimmera. Another parliamentarian from Carwarp was Albert Allnutt, who represented the electoral district of Mildura in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1927 until 1945.[4]

Carwarp is the proposed location for the Mildura Solar Concentrator Power Station.

The Post Office opened on 17 November 1913 and closed in 1992.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.travelmate.com.au/MapMaker/MapMaker.asp Travelmate
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20060824011551/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=1464 Percy Stewart
  3. Colin Cleary (2009), Carwarp, Community, Politicians and the Wanderers: A Social History of a Special Mallee Town, Epsom (Victoria), pp. 12–13
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20060824025453/http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/re-member/bioregfull.cfm?mid=864 Albert George