Jeparit, Victoria, Australia

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Jeparit, Victoria, Australia is a small rural town in western Victoria best known as the birthplace of long-serving Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies.

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Jeparit, Victoria, Australia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf locality
town
climate semi-arid
country Australia
distanceFrom about 100 km northwest of Horsham
about 370 km northwest of Melbourne
electoralDivisionFederal Mallee
linked to: Mallee region
electoralDivisionState Lowan
hasAttraction Lake Hindmarsh
Menzies Square
Wimmera–Mallee Pioneer Museum
hasFacility caravan park
general store
hotel
primary school
hasFeature grain silos
silo art
hasHeritage links to early Wimmera–Mallee settlement
hasNotablePerson Robert Menzies
linked to: Menzies
hasRecreation boating on Lake Hindmarsh
fishing on Wimmera River
knownFor birthplace of Robert Menzies
localGovernmentArea Shire of Hindmarsh
locatedIn western Victoria
locatedOnRiver Wimmera River
namedAfter an Aboriginal word (likely meaning ‘home of small birds’ or similar)
postalCode 3423
primaryIndustry broadacre cropping
sheep grazing
region Wimmera
linked to: The Wimmera
state Victoria

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Robert Menzies placeOfBirth Jeparit, Victoria, Australia
subject linked to: Menzies