Wangaratta is a cathedral city in the northeast of
Victoria, Australia, approximately 250 km from
Melbourne along the Hume Highway. Wangaratta
had an estimated urban population of 18,158 at
June 2015. Wangaratta is located at the junction of
the Ovens and King rivers, which drain the
northwestern slopes of the Victorian Alps.
There is a considerable wine and gourmet food
industry in the nearby Milawa and King Valley
region. Other notable industries in the Wangaratta
area include Australian Textile Mills formerly Bruck
Textiles, Wilson Fabrics that now occupies the old
IBM facility, Merriwa Industries and Australian
Country Spinners.