Undera

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2007}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Undera | state = vic | image = Undera Main Street 001.JPG | caption = Main street of Undera with the pub and general store on the left, 2012 | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|36|17|S|145|13|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | lga = City of Greater Shepparton | postcode = 3629 | est = | pop = 442 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2011 AUS | id = SSC21385| name = Undera (State Suburb) | accessdate = 5 December 2014 | quick = on}}</ref> | elevation= | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Murray Plains|Murray Plains]] | fedgov = [[Division of Nicholls|Nicholls]] | dist1 = 211 | dir1 = N | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 26 | dir2 = NW | location2= Shepparton | dist3 = 22 | dir3 = E | location3= Kyabram }} '''Undera''' is a town in the [[Goulburn Valley]] region of northern [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia. The town in the [[City of Greater Shepparton]] local government area, {{convert|211|km}} north of the state capital, [[Melbourne]] and {{convert|26|km|mi|0}} north-west of the regional centre of [[Shepparton]]. At the {{CensusAU|2011}}, Undera and the surrounding area had a population of 545, declining to 442 by 2016.<ref name="abs"/>

==History== In 1874, when the area came under farm-selection activity, a township was surveyed and named Undera, the Post Office opening on 24 August 1875.<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=*Undera*| access-date = 11 March 2021 }}</ref>

It is thought that the name is derived from an [[Indigenous Australian|Aboriginal]] word, most likely meaning fat.<ref>Source?</ref> Before being named Undera, the area was known as Mundoona. A school was opened in 1876, and Catholic and Presbyterian churches were opened the following year.

The Undera district extends northwards to Undera North and a westerly bend of the [[Goulburn River (Victoria)|Goulburn River]]. Whilst the township is in the Goulburn Valley irrigation area, the northern parts sustained a local timber industry until the 1940s, and are mixed grazing and agricultural.

Undera has a school (21 pupils, 1998), a church, a memorial hall, (1928), a large reserve with a [[motorcycle]] track and a [[tennis court]]. The town has an [[Australian Rules]] football team competing in the [[Kyabram & District Football League]].

Its census populations have been 95 (1911), 350 (1933) and 156 (1966).

== Sport == Undera is the home of the Undera Park Speedway, a {{convert|320|m|yd|abbr=off}} [[motorcycle speedway]] track located in the Undera Park Recreation Reserve ({{coord|36|16|36|S|145|12|55|E|}}). The venue has hosted many important events, including one of the rounds for the [[Australian Solo Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/indmaustralii.php|title=Individual Australian Championship|website=Historia Sportu Zuzlowego|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.australianspeedwaychampionships.com.au/results/|title=Australian Speedway Championship Results|website=Australian Speedway Championship|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vintagespeedway.com/Titles.html |title=The Australian Solo Championship | website=Vintage Speedway |access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://speedwayfansite.com/champs/ausim.html|title=Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Australii|website=Speedway Fansite|access-date=4 August 2021}}</ref>

It has also hosted the [[Australian Under-21 Individual Speedway Championship|Australian Under-21 Championship]], Australian Under-16 Championship, [[Australian Sidecar Speedway Championship|Australian Sidecar Championship]], and the [[Victorian Individual Speedway Championship]], U/21, U/16 and [[Sidecar speedway|Sidecar]] Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com/undera-speedway.html |title=Shepparton Vic |website=Speedway and Road Race History |access-date=18 February 2024}}</ref>

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