Albury

The Albury Wodonga region is known for its distinctive natural beauty, with the majestic Murray River winding its way through mountains to the east and fertile river plains to the west.

Located in Wiradjuri Country, Albury Wodonga has a bustling economy, world-class medical and health services, a vibrant cultural and artistic scene, sporting amenities to rival the capital cities, and seemingly endless choices for leisure and recreation.

Albury Wodonga has an enticing, cosmopolitan feel that reflects a unique multicultural heritage. It’s a place where the indigenous and early settlers blend with post-WWII migrant communities – German, Dutch, Italian, Greek, Philippine and Polish – along with the more recently arrived Vietnamese, Laotians, Albanians and Bosnians.

Albury and Wodonga are thriving modern cities full of variety and vitality.

Useful Facts

Size: 332 kmPopulation: 45,000 Climate: Warm, dry summers, mild autumns and springs, and cool winters. Average temperature range is 12° to 34°C in summer and 2° to 17.5°C in winter. The average annual rainfall is 737mm.

Transport

Road: 330km from Melbourne, 340km from Canberra and 550km from Sydney Rail: Melbourne 4 hours & Sydney 7 hours (daily services). Airport: Albury Local: Local bus transport is provided by Martin’s Albury and serves local and surrounding suburbs with a coach service for longer trips.

Education

Employment

Albury major employers are educational and medical services. View major employers and job opportunities in Albury.

Dining

Albury Wodonga offers more than 100 pubs, cafes and restaurants with a range of cuisines and tastes.

Sport

3 swimming pools, 5 gyms, more than 30 sporting clubs across multiple disciplines (NRL, Rugby Union, AFL, netball, soccer, athletics, equestrian and golf), 8 major sports grounds of international standard. Plus you can canoe on the Murray River!

Arts & Culture

Albury Wodonga is proud of its array of cultural facilities including 3 theatres (Albury Entertainment Centre, The Cube and Hot House Theatre), 3 libraries, numerous museums, a 9-screen cinema complex with outdoor cinema viewings available during summer months. Art exhibitions are constantly being showed throughout the 6 galleries.

Aboriginal Culture

For centuries, the Albury Wodonga area was known as Bungambrawatha, or homeland, by the Wiradjuri people who first settled here. It wasn’t until 1838, when the Assistant Surveyor General decided that Albury sounded more familiar to the settlers’ ears, that the name changed hands. While Wodonga, meaning bulrushes, still retains its indigenous name.

The Wiradjuri people remain strongly linked with Albury Wodonga through the Ngan Girra (Bogong Moth) Festival, which celebrates indigenous cultures and commemorates the gathering of their ancestors. Its name and symbol are taken from the ritual of tribes who would, after their meetings and ceremonies, go up into the high country in search of the migrating Bogong Moth.

The Indigenous Cultural and Environmental Discovery Centre, at the Gateway Village on the banks of the Murray, provides a unique blend of indigenous cultural and environmental experiences that is involving for both adults and children.

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We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of the land on which we work and pay our respects to the Elders, both past and present.

Apology to the Stolen Generations