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Tongala is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Campaspe local government area, between Kyabram and Echuca, north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Tongala had a population of 1,869.〔 ==History== The first Post Office in the area opened on 27 April 1878. In 1882 it was renamed Kanyapella and a new Tongala office opened to the south; this was renamed Tongala East in 1908 when a new Tongala office replaced the Tongala Railway Station office in the township.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Post Office List )〕 St Patrick's Catholic church was constructed in 1909, opening on Sunday 28 November 1909. St Patrick's Catholic primary school was opened in 1959. The Tongala water tower, designed by John Monash, was constructed in 1914 with an initial capacity of and extended to in 1923. After World War I many blocks were opened up under the 'soldier-settler' scheme. One such soldier settler was John McEwen— later Prime Minister of Australia—who bought a block at Tongala and married a local, Anne McLeod, in the town in 1921.〔(John McEwen (National Archives) )〕 In November 2003 a monument to the 24 Australian Light horse regiments and their horses was unveiled by Maurice Watson, aged 84 the last Light Horseman, who enlisted from Tongala. The statue, standing two metres, is of a horseman carrying an empty saddle, bridle and saddle cloth, walking away, head lowered.〔(Lone horseman tribute to history ) in ''The Age'' accessed 6 July 2005.〕 In 2012 photographic artist Shaun C Mackrell undertook a year-long project to document and record the people of Tongala and their stories. The work culminated in a touring exhibition which was shown in Tongala, Bendigo and Brunswick Victoria. Later the series was put on display in Melbournes Federation Square for three months at the end of 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=We're Still Here )〕 The project was made possible only by the generous support of the Federal Governments Regional Arts Fund〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Regional Arts Fund )〕 as administered by Regional Arts Victoria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Regional Arts Victoria )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tongala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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