Granya
Town in Victoria, Australia
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Granya is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia on the Murray arm of Lake Hume in the Towong Shire local government area, 378 kilometres (235 mi) northwest of the state capital, Melbourne.
Granya | |
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Main street of Granya | |
  Granya Location in Shire of Towong, Victoria | |
| Coordinates: 36°06′30″S 147°19′07″E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 99 (2016 census)[1] |
History
The town was established in the 1860s following a gold rush.[2]
In 1920 a huge monument was erected in honour of local fallen soldiers who died in the Great European War between 1915 and 1919.[3]
Granya is situated right on the edge of Lake Hume and provides a base for many tourists sightseeing, fishing and water skiing.
Sport & Recreation
The Granya Football Club was formed in September 1886 at a meeting a Legges Hotel[4] and a match against Tallangatta soon followed.[5]
Former St Kilda Football Club player, Wally Scott played in Granya's 1912 premiership win and was later wounded in World War One at the Dardanelles.[6]
In 1937, Granya applied to join both the Dederang & District Football League & Upper Murray Football Association, but were refused, so they went into recess in 1937 and 1938.[7] Granya joined the Dederang & District Football League in 1939.[8]
The backbone of the Granya Football teams in the 1930's and 1940's were the eight Webb brothers, six Star brothers and four Gard brothers who were all very good footballers.[9]
Former Granya footballers, Norm Webb, Don Star and Bill Barton all played senior VFL football.
- Football timeline
- 1886 - 1903: Club active, but no competition football
- 1904 - 1905: Mitta Valley Football Association
- 1906 - Club active, but no competition football[10]
- 1907 - 1908: Tallangatta Football Association
- 1909 - Club active, but no competition football[11]
- 1910 - Mitta Valley Football Association
- 1911 -
- 1912 - Mitta Valley Football Association
- 1913 - Granya, Wymah & Bethanga Football Association
- 1914 - Applied to enter the Wodonga Football Association, but were rejected.[12]
- 1915 - 1918: Club in recess. World War One
- 1919 - Mitta Valley Football Association (Khone Trophy)[13]
- 1920 -
- 1921 - 1923: Tallangatta & District Football Association
- 1924 - 1928: Kiewa & District Football Association
- 1929 - 1931: Tallangatta & District Football Association
- 1932 - Yackandandah & District Football League
- 1933 - 1934: Tallangatta & District Football League[14]
- 1935 -
- 1936 - Chiltern & District Football Association
- 1937 - 1938: Club in rescess
- 1939 - Dederang & District Football Association
- 1940 - Kiewa & Mitta Valleys Football Association
- 1941 - 1944: Club in recess. World War Two
- 1945 - 1954: Tallangatta & District Football League
- 1958 - 1959: Merged with Bethanga FC to form Murray United FC
- 1960 - Club folds.
- Premierships / Runners Up
- Tallangatta Football Association
- Tallangatta & Mitta Mitta Football Association (Orr & Patterson Trophy)
- Tallangatta & Mitta Mitta Football Association (Blair Trophy)
- Tallangatta & District Football Association
- Kiewa & District Football Association
- Tallangatta & District Football Association
- Chiltern & District Football Association (Zone A)
- 1936 - Kiewa: 9.18 - 72 defeated Granya: 6.7 - 49[32]
- Tallangatta & District Football League
- 1946 - Granya: 12.8 - 80 defeated Mitta / Eskkdale: 8.7 - 55[33][34]
- 1947 - Granya: 8.8 - 56 defeated Tallangatta: 7.10 - 52[35]
- 1950 - Bullioh Valley: 9.9 - 63 d Granya: 9.8 - 62[36][37][38]
- 1951 - Granya: 12.20 - 92 defeated Tallangatta: 9.16 - 72[39][40]
- 1953 - Mitta United: 6.9 - 45 defeated Granya: 3.7 - 25[41]
- Tallangatta Knock Out Competition
- 1951 - Granya / Tallangatta: 8.12 - 60 defeated Beechworth: 6.6 - 42[42]
