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Jung is located in the Wimmera Region, along the Western and Henty Highways.  Jung is a rural village in the Wimmera region on the railway line between Murtoa

and Horsham. It is locatedn18 km north-east of Horsham and 300km's, north west of Melbourne-

 

A small community is surrounded by 10's of 1000's of acres of farming land which is cropped with wheat, canola, barley and other crops. Sheep and cattle farming were      also popular especially in the early days. The original settlements was on the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek, a tributary of the Wimmera river.

 

Jung has a Fire Station, a Town Hall - built in 1926, Pepper Tree Park, a few  Heritage Sites, ( an old Heritage Church - built in 1910, Old Post Office Site - built in 1901, etc.)  Jung conducts a monthly Jung Market, which has been running for over twenty years, on the recreation reserve by the Yarriambiack Creek. Jung has fielded many successful cricket teams, particularly during the 1930s to 1960s.The town is dominated by the huge empty concrete silos – silent sentinels, watching over the surrounding landscape, providing a stunning sight with the setting sun casting a golden glow on their walls. With Jung being the highest point in the Wimmera, the sunset view in this area is just spectacular!

 

Most of the houses are weatherboard, some quite old and full of character, (renovators delight), others have been relocated, with a few modern construction. Residential Land sites are from ½ acre upwards. The Weather in the Wimmera, can be extreme, with temperatures in the Summer reaching as high as 50 celsius, to a blustery and cold -6 degrees in Winter. Autumn and Spring are absolutely glorious. Rainfall varies year to year, and long periods of drought are not uncommon. Average monthly rainfall figures, show as 23mm in Summer to 50mm in Winter.

 

Back in the early 1880’s, Jung had a mechanic institute, a grains storage shed, three hotels, three blacksmith shops, a school, a post office and 4 stores.

 

In the Victorian Municipality Directory of 1890, it states that there were 20 houses and 130 inhabitants recorded in Jung. The population in Jung had remained quite stable for over a hundred years.

 

Jung has had in its history – four different names. Its first name - Taylor’s Creek ,  was named after William Taylor. William Taylor and Dugald Mclachlan  were the first squatters to take up the Longenerong Cattle Station in 1844. The second name – Green Hills, came from an adjoining station.The third name – Jerro, name was given by surveyors when a township was laid out during the Murtoa to Dimboola Railway survey back in the 1877.  Surveyors marked out one square mile for a township and called it Jerro. The original plan was to go through Jerro but with strong representations, the route was changed, so not to bypass Horsham.Its fourth name – Jung Jung, came when the railway line Melbourne –Adelaide was built in 1878, the old township site of Jerro was abandoned. Agitation led by Alfred Baker for the shift of the town from Green Hills to its present location which was then named, Jung-Jung. Opponents delayed the move for 2-3 years. Eventually, when the railway line from Murtoa was extended to Horsham and a railway station was opened in 1879, it became the nucleus of the present village. The township nearly received a fifth name – Normanby, after Marquis of Normanby, Governor of Victoria 1879-1884. However, the day for the official renaming of the town Normanby (was to be a gala occasion), a great storm blew down the decorations and street arches. The train was cancelled, and so was the celebration.  No further attempt was made and the township remained Jung Jung (within the Parish of Jung Jung). In the 1920’s it was simply named – Jung, by the railways.