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Welcome to WikiProject Victoria!
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Flag of Victoria
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Coat of arms of Victoria
Coat of arms of Victoria
Welcome to WikiProject Victoria! This WikiProject aims primarily to create, fill out, build, edit, construct, and modify articles about Victoria (state).

If you would like to join this project, we would love your help, so please add your name to the list below, and look at the to-do list for some suggestions on articles that you may be able to help with. You may also inquire on the talk page, or visit the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard for collaboration on Australian articles in general.

State emblems
Floral Bird Animal Marine Tartan Mineral Fossil
Common (pink) heath
Epacris impresa
Helmeted honeyeater
Lichenostomus melanops cassidix
Leadbeater's possum
Gymnobelideus leadbeateri
Common seadragon
Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
Victorian state tartan Gold Koolasuchus Cleelandi
12 Apostles

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Things you can do
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Here are some tasks you can do to help at WikiProject Victoria:

Tools
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  • Reflinks – Edits bare references – adds title/dates etc. to bare references
  • Checklinks – Edit and repair external links
  • Dab solver – Quickly resolve ambiguous links
  • Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles
 
Current events
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22 June 2026 – Australia–Canada relations
Australia and Canada sign a A$2.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) agreement for the export of Australia's over-the-horizon radar system, the largest defence export deal in Australian history. The system is intended to support long-range surveillance and monitoring in Northern Canada. (AFP via Channels TV) (Reuters)
20 June 2026 – 2020–2026 H5N1 outbreak
The Australian Government confirms the first detection of the avian influenza subtype H5N1 in the country after identifying the virus in a wild seabird in Western Australia. The strain has now been recorded on every continent. (AFP via France 24)
19 June 2026 – Organised crime in Australia
The Australian Federal Police seizes 2.7 tonnes of cocaine concealed in underground storage containers in Sydney, the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history. Authorities arrest two people at the site and charge them with offenses related to importing and possessing illicit drugs. (AFP via ABS-CBN News) (Reuters)
19 June 2026 –
The Australian Government agrees to pay A$28 million (US$20 million) in a settlement with 38 former asylum seekers who alleged harm while detained at the Baxter and Woomera immigration detention centres. The agreement follows a High Court ruling on compensation claims for unlawful detention. (AFP via The Manila Times)
18 June 2026 –
Australian researchers report that an H5 avian influenza outbreak on Heard Island and McDonald Islands has killed more than 13,000 southern elephant seal pups and has infected local bird and penguin populations, marking the virus's first detection in an Australian external territory. (AFP via The Straits Times)
14 June 2026 – 2020–2026 H5N1 outbreak
The Australian agriculture ministry confirms the first cases of H5N1 bird flu in the country in a brown skua in remote Western Australia. This means the H5N1 variant has now reached every continent. (BBC News)


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Articles for deletion

  • 18 Jun 2026 Truganina railway station (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by LachlanTansey (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

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Good article nominees

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Assessments

Of the 15,370 pages overseen by WikiProject Victoria:

100% have been assessed for quality
See Category:Unassessed Victoria articles for the 3 remaining articles



100% have known importance
See Category:Unknown-importance Victoria articles for the 2 remaining articles



55.7% of prose articles are not stubs
See Category:Stub-Class Victoria articles for the 5366 remaining articles

For full assessment categories see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria/Assessments


Recognised content

19 FA-Class Victoria articles
2 FL-Class Victoria articles
0 FM-Class Victoria articles
42 GA-Class Victoria articles.
177 Did you know Victoria articles as of 8 May 2023

For full list of recognised content see: Assessments#Recognised content

Assessment statistics
Main page: WikiProject Victoria/Assessments

WikiProject Victoria uses the {{WP Australia}} template banner for Wikipedia article assessments.

The banner has a Victoria= parameter that provides article assessment ratings for Victoria-related articles:

Example usage: {{WP Australia|Victoria=yes}}

Articles relating to WikiProject Victoria should have their talk pages tagged as per the above example.

See also

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Members
WikiProject Victoria
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Active members

To join WikiProject Victoria, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. Dssis1 (talk · contribs)
  2. InformZion (talk · contribs) 05:32:52, 27 June 2023 (UTC) 
  3. Longhair (talk · contribs)
  4. Mattinbgn (talk · contribs)
  5. MichaelBillington (talk · contribs)
  6. Moanarque (talk · contribs)
  7. mr. boniface (talk · contribs)
  8. Orderinchaos (talk · contribs)
  9. Wai Hong (talk · contribs)
  10. Bduke (talk · contribs)
  11. Tinkstar1985 (talk · contribs)
  12. Daniel99091 (talk · contribs)
  13. Slabba (talk · contribs)
  14. Chicken7 (talk · contribs)
  15. Admella1859 (talk · contribs)
  16. Sarah (talk · contribs)
  17. Vauxhallx (talk · contribs)
  18. Sheepunderscore (talk · contribs)
  19. Bogong Jack (talk · contribs)
  20. Doonagatha (talk · contribs)
  21. Scottius11 (talk · contribs)
  22. Epistemos (talk · contribs)
  23. Maias (talk · contribs)
  24. Shelbypark (talk · contribs)
  25. Punk Boi 8 (talk · contribs)
  26. Garyvines (talk · contribs)
  27. Cp_dale (talk · contribs)
  28. Романов (talk · contribs)
  29. Raleigh98 (talk · contribs)
  30. Jenks24 (talk · contribs)
  31. Mgorey (talk · contribs)
  32. Mattcooperrider (talk · contribs)
  33. ContrillionAU (talk) 10:52, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
  34. Mjs1991 (talk · contribs)
  35. Jessc (talk · contribs)
  36. Peterdownunder (talk · contribs)
  37. Australiantiger (talk · contribs)
  38. ThylacineHunter (talk · contribs) – Railways, trams, paddle boats, geography
  39. EllsworthSchmittendorf (talk · contribs)
  40. Nick F., Toaster (talk · contribs)
  41. Boneso (talk · contribs) – Health
  42. JediOne (talk · contribs) – Humanitarian & Environment
  43. skinnytony1 (talk · contribs) – Environment, climate change, history, politics, Ballarat
  44. BetterByBike (talk · contribs) – Health & Transport
  45. Donama (talk · contribs)
  46. MetroManMelbourne (talk · contribs) – transportation, inner east
  47. Poplach12 (talk · contribs) 00:49:47, 10 June 2020 (UTC)  – Melbourne, flags, maps, history, AFL
  48. CupcakePerson13 (talk · contribs) 15:45:12, 4 July 2020 (UTC)  Dandenong ranges and Melbourne
  49. CPS-9444 (talk · contribs) 08:08:28, 13 December 2020 (UTC) 
  50. APNOneTwo (talk · contribs) – Public Transportation, Politics, Urban Planning, Sports, Venues and Western Suburbs
  51. Ultraodan (talk · contribs) – AFL, Politics
  52. MicedVolvo (talk · contribs) 12:31:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC) 
  53. GraziePrego (talk · contribs)
  54. Loytra (talk · contribs) – Politics
  55. Adam Black GB (talk · contribs)
  56. GMH Melbourne (talk · contribs) 16:54:02, 5 June 2024 (UTC) 
  57. 4rkange1 (talk · contribs) 22:52:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)  – Trains, urban/transport planning, history, Melbourne, Mornington Penisula, Formula One
  58. Zakary2012 (talk · contribs)
  59. TarnishedPath (talk · contribs) 05:15:03, 4 November 2024 (UTC) 
  60. ThatPB95 Fan (talk · contribs) 09:54:07, 7 February 2025 (UTC) 
  61. The Kora Person (talk · contribs) 07:59:33, 15 October 2025 (UTC)  Vic politics, trains, and places!
  1. AuspolScribe (talk · contribs)

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. SchultzyContrillion (talk · contribs)
  2. Fred.e (talk · contribs)
  3. Loberttp (talk · contribs)
  4. aliasd (talk · contribs)
  5. VirtualSteve (talk · contribs)
  6. c4v3m4n (talk · contribs)
  7. Thent1234 (talk · contribs)
  8. Avi15 (talk · contribs)

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Victoria should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Victoria participants.

More information Wikitext, userbox ...
Wikitext userbox where used
[[Category:WikiProject Victoria participants]] none linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Victoria}}
This user is a participant in WikiProject Victoria.
linked pages
{{Template:User WP VIC}}
This user is a member of WikiProject Victoria.
linked pages
{{Template:User WP VIC|flag}}
This user is a member of WikiProject Victoria.
linked pages
{{Template:User WP Victoria}} linked pages
{{Template:User WP Victoria|invite}} linked pages
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For other Victoria user templates see Category:Victoria (state) user templates.

Also if you live in or are currently visiting Victoria, please add [[Category:Wikipedians in Victoria {state)|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]] to your user page.

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