Great Western, Victoria Western Cup meeting on Australia Day (26 January), and a rodeo is also held annually. The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mininera & District Football League. Great Western, Victoria Great Western is a town in the east of the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Western Highway, in the Shire of Northern Grampians local government area, 225 kilometres north west of the state capital, Melbourne. The town has a population of 644. The first European settlers in the Great Western area were sheep graziers in the 1840s and closer settlement
State Transport Authority (Victoria) State Transport Authority (Victoria) The State Transport Authority was a State Government of Victoria owned corporate body which operated country passenger and freight trains in Victoria, Australia. It was established under the Transport Act 1983, succeeding the Victorian Railways. The Authority commenced operations on 1 July 1983. The State Transport Authority operated under the trading name V/Line, and provided rail service support to the then Metropolitan Transit Authority which was formed at the same time with responsibility for metropolitan train and tram operations. The Transport (Amendment) Act 1989 merged the State Transport Authority with the Metropolitan Transit Authority from 1