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'''Myrtleford''' is a town in northeast [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]],
==History==
The post office opened on 26 July 1858 as Myrtle Creek and was renamed Myrtleford in 1871.<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=*Myrtleford* | access-date = 22 March 2021}}</ref> The road through Myrtleford was then called the Buckland Road, today it is known as the [[Great Alpine Road]].
During World War II No. 5 Prisoner of War Camp was established near Myrtleford. It accommodated Italian [[prisoners of war]] from mid-1942 until they were repatriated or became emigrants to Australia in 1946. At its peak, 1,000 POWs were located in the camp.<ref name="The Road to La Dolce Vita">{{cite web |last1=Hyles |first1=Emily |title=The Road to La Dolce Vita |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/blog/the-road-to-la-dolce-vita |publisher=Australian War Memorial |access-date=11 May 2024 |date=28 March 2024}}</ref>
== Sport ==
[[Myrtleford Football Club]] compete in the [[Ovens & Murray Football League]].<ref name="d">{{Citation|last=Full Points Footy |title=Myrtleford |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Myrtleford.htm |accessdate=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406035222/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/myrtleford.htm |archivedate=6 April 2008 }}</ref>
Myrtleford Savoy SC<ref>https://www.facebook.com/myrtlefordsoccer/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref> is a [[football in Australia|soccer club]] who compete in the [[Albury Wodonga Football Association]]. They are based at Savoy Park.
Myrtleford Speedway is a speedway venue located on the northern edge of the town, off Odonnnell Avenue and adjacent to the golf course.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com/myrtleford-speedway.html |title=Myrtlefor Victoria | website=Speedway and Road Race History |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref> It has also been used for [[motorcycle speedway]] and has hosted important events, including the Australian qualifying round of the [[Speedway World Championship]] in 1990<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dlprezes.pl.tl/SPEEDWAY--_--Indywidualne-mistrzostwa-%26%23346%3Bwiata-----------k1-World-Speedway-Championship-k2-.htm |title=World Championship |website=Metal Speedway |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedway.org/history/ |title=World Championship | website=Speedway.org |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref> and the final of the [[Victorian Individual Speedway Championship|Victorian Individual Championship]] in 1989/1990 and 1992/1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://speedwaychampions.com/AustralianChampions.aspx |title=Honor Roll since 1927/28 |website=Speedway Champions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706204745/http://speedwaychampions.com/AustralianChampions.aspx |access-date=2 August 2023|archive-date=6 July 2011 }}</ref>
== Features ==
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==Climate==
Myrtleford has a [[temperate climate]] with more rain in winter than in summer and a [[diurnal temperature variation|high diurnal range]] throughout the warmer half of the year. Under the [[Köppen climate classification]], the town has an [[oceanic climate]] (''Cfb'').
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* [[Christopher Minko]], musician.
* [[Guy Rigoni]], Australian Rules footballer.
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