{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place| type = town | name = Congupna | state = vic | image = CongupnaGeneralStore.JPG | caption = Congupna general store and post office | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|36|18|S|145|26|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | lga = City of Greater Shepparton | postcode = 3633 | est = | pop = 620 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS" /> | elevation= | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Shepparton|Shepparton]] | fedgov = [[Division of Nicholls|Nicholls]] | dist1 = 203 | dir1 = N | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 10 | dir2 = N | location2= [[Shepparton, Victoria|Shepparton]] }} '''Congupna''' is a town in the [[Goulburn Valley]] region of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia. The town is in the [[City of Greater Shepparton]] local government area, {{convert|203|km|mi|0}} north of the state capital, [[Melbourne]] and {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} north of the regional centre of [[Shepparton, Victoria|Shepparton]]. At the [[Census in Australia#2021|2021 census]], Congupna had a population of 620.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL20620|name=Congupna (State Suburb)|accessdate=2009-03-22|quick=on}}</ref>

==History== Congupna, known also by the name ''Koongoopna'',<ref name = "shep">{{Citation

| last = Rootsweb | title = Shepparton | url = http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~surreal/AVNE/Towns/towns-shepparton.html#congupna | accessdate = 2009-03-23 }}</ref> was first established about 8&nbsp;km north of its present location.

Congupna Post Office opened there on 1 December 1881, was renamed Congupna Township around 1909 and closed in 1953. Congupna Road Post Office opened on 17 October 1881 shortly after the railway station of the same name. These were both renamed Congupna in 1968.<ref name = "a">{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Congupna* | access-date = 10 April 2021 }}</ref>

==Today== [[Congupna Football Club]] play [[Australian Rules Football]] in the [[Murray Football League]]. Former Congupna Player [[Damian Drum]] went on to play several games 50+ with [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] in the [[Australian Football League]] (AFL). After retiring as a player he went on to coach the [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]] in the AFL. He is now the representative for the seat of Nicholls in the Australian House of Representatives since the 2016 federal election as a member of The Nationals. [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] champion footballer [[Steele Sidebottom]] also hails from Congupna.

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==See also== {{commons category}} * [[Congupna Football Club]] * [[Congupna railway station, Victoria]]

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

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