{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Ardmona | state = vic | image = ArdmonaChurch.JPG | caption = Church located in Ardmona | pop = 497 |pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} |pop_footnotes=<ref name="census21">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL20063 |name=Ardmona (State Suburb) |accessdate=11 October 2014 |quick=on}}</ref> | est = | postcode = | elevation = | dist1 = | dir1 = | location1 = | use_lga_map = yes | lga = City of Greater Shepparton | stategov = [[Electoral district of Shepparton|Shepparton]] | fedgov = [[Division of Nicholls|Nicholls]] | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | coordinates = {{coord|36|23|S|145|18|E|display=inline,title}} }} '''Ardmona''' is a locality in the [[Goulburn Valley]] of central [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], Australia. It is 10&nbsp;km west of [[Shepparton]] and located in the [[City of Greater Shepparton]] local government area. The [[Midland Highway (Victoria)|Midland Highway]] passes through the south of Ardmona.

[[File:ArdmonaFootballGround.JPG|thumb|left|Football Field located in Ardmona]] The town takes its name from a farm owned by Charles and Lochie McDonald which was purchased by a private syndicate in 1886 and subdivided to become Victoria's first irrigated settlement.<ref name=VictorianPlaces>{{cite web|title=Ardmona|url=http://www.victorianplaces.com.au/ardmona|website=Victorian Places|publisher=Monash University & University of Queensland|accessdate=19 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=Bossence>{{cite book|last1=Bossence|first1=William Henry|title=Tatura and the Shire of Rodney|date=1969|publisher=Hawthorn Press|location=Melbourne}}</ref><ref name=McLennan>{{cite book|last1=McLennan|first1=Donald Munro|last2=Back to Mooroopna Committee (Vic.)|last3=Mooroopna Historical Society|title=History of Mooroopna, Ardmona & district : an interesting story of development, 1841-1936 / compiled by D.M. McLennan for the Back to Mooroopna Committee, Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia|date=1984|publisher=Goulburn Valley Printing Services for the Mooroopna Historical Society|location=Mooroopna|isbn=1862520038|edition=Facsimile reprint of 1936 ed.: Mooroopna, Vic. : Back to Mooroopna Committee, 1936}}</ref> One of the five members of the syndicate was horticulturist and journalist [[John West (horticulturist)|John West]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Steven|first1=Margaret|title=West, John (1856–1926)|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/west-john-9050|website=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=19 December 2015}}</ref>

Ardmona has several amenities, including a corner shop, a primary school and a football field. [[SPC Ardmona]], an Australian company, has its main factory located in nearby Shepparton. Ardmona used to have an Anglican church however it was sold in 2014 after being disused for more than five years.

==See also== {{Portal|Australia}} * [[Ardmona Football Club]]

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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]] [[Category:City of Greater Shepparton]]

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