40-472: Piangil , once frequently spelled "Pyangil", is a town in the Mallee region of northern Victoria , Australia . It is approximately 382 kilometres (237 mi) north west of the state capital, Melbourne and 46 kilometres (29 mi) north west of the regional centre of Swan Hill . At the 2016 census , Piangil and the surrounding rural area had a population of 259. Piangil Post Office opened on 17 June 1907 and
80-532: A record for the state. Many locations through the region recorded all-time high temperatures including capital cities Adelaide , which reached its third-highest temperature, 45.7 °C (114.3 °F), and Melbourne , which recorded its highest-ever temperature on record, 46.4 °C (115.5 °F). Both cities broke records for the most consecutive days over 40 °C (104 °F), while Mildura, Victoria recorded an all-time record twelve consecutive days over 43 °C (109 °F). The exceptional heat wave
120-509: A result of the development of superphosphate and other fertilisers . In the west, the soils are unconsolidated sands, much less alkaline than in the east, and not generally able to support any grain cropping. The Mallee has no surface drainage: the native vegetation has so high a rooting density that the rainfall of most years is easily absorbed and the porous sandy soils mean that any excess in an exceptionally wet year will recharge groundwater supplies which tend to be highly saline. Flow from
160-606: A slow start to the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season , the high temperatures and wind precipitated several bushfires across Victoria and South Australia. The conditions were very similar to the heat wave experienced in early January 1939, which killed 438 people and precipitated the Black Friday bushfires of 1939. Fires were also started in the Australian Alps by lightning strikes from dry thunderstorms in north-east Victoria and south-east New South Wales. The tail end of
200-546: Is a sub-region of Loddon Mallee covering the most north-westerly part of Victoria , Australia and is bounded by the South Australian and New South Wales borders. Definitions of the south-eastern boundary vary, however, all are based on the historic Victorian distribution of mallee eucalypts. These trees dominate the surviving native vegetation through most of Mallee, (except for swamps and areas along waterways). Its biggest settlements are Mildura and Swan Hill . At
240-441: Is also significant industry. Mildura and Swan Hill contain a number of tourism focused businesses, including a number of specially built attractions and festivals. The Murray itself is also a major attraction, many people coming to the district for fishing and to stay on houseboats . The many Mallee national parks - Wyperfeld , Hattah-Kulkyne and Murray Sunset National Parks, wilderness parks, state forests, and other parks over
280-418: Is generally on a small scale and confined to food processing. Wheat and barley are widely grown on the less infertile soils in the southeast of the region, but fertilizers , especially superphosphate are essential for success and yields only a quarter of those in most of Europe or North America - in drought years, they can be as little as one twentieth of European wheat yields. Fruit growing along
320-562: Is sometimes referred to as an economic region , of the Australian state of Victoria . The district is located entirely within the Victorian government's "Loddon Mallee region". People in the central Mallee sometimes believe that "the Mallee" only includes the dryland farming portion of the region. Early 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave The 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave
360-713: Is the key synoptic weather system responsible for the heat-waves." The heat wave was the worst in Australia's history. During the heat wave, several records were broken; Tasmania recorded its highest-ever temperature; 42.2 °C (108 °F) in Scamander, and the long-standing Tasmanian record of 40.8 °C (105.4 °F) (recorded in Hobart on 4 January 1976) was broken five times within two days at Flinders Island , Fingal (twice), St Helens and Scamander, while Hopetoun in Victoria recorded
400-458: Is used to describe the Wimmera district and a small part of the Mallee that is relatively close to Horsham. A separate tourism district known as Mildura Swan Hill covers the rural cities of Mildura and Swan Hill. The term Wimmera Mallee has also been used by the federal member for Mallee to describe their electorate, as the electorate covers both regions more-or-less in their entirety. The Mallee
440-526: Is usually only produced by the most vigorous frontal systems or by occasional penetration of tropical air in the summer. Average annual rainfall shows a well-defined north–south gradient: Mildura averages only 267.9 millimetres (10.55 in) per year but Hopetoun in the south receives around 370 mm (15 in). Variability, however, is quite high : in 1973 the Mallee averaged as much as 650 mm (26 in) but in 1982 only 115 mm (4.5 in). Temperatures in summer are generally very hot: during
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#1733086180805480-596: The 2011 census , the four local government areas (LGAs) that are usually thought to define the district had a combined population of 88,178. The area of these same four LGAs is 40,183 square kilometres (15,515 sq mi). An area of South Australia immediately to the west of the Victorian Mallee region, also once covered with mallee scrub, is commonly referred to as the " Murray Mallee " or "the Mallee". The Mallee is, for all practical purposes, completely flat and very low-lying: in fact, for long geological periods
520-461: The Buloke , Gannawarra , Mildura City and Swan Hill City local government areas . Another common definition is that the Mallee is the part of Victoria dependent on Mildura and Swan Hill . The Victoria State Government has historically had many departmental regions combining the Mallee with the greater Bendigo area, the current one being named the "Loddon Mallee" region. This region includes
560-539: The Early 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave , Hopetoun reached 48.8 °C (119.8 °F) and the average maxima in January and February are 32.7 °C (90.9 °F). In July, maximum temperatures average 15.4 °C (59.7 °F), but minima average 4.4 °C (39.9 °F) and frosts are very common. In his 1939 paper on the physiography of North-Western Victoria, E.S. Hills stated that: "the chief factors involved in
600-504: The Loddon River catchment and adjacent areas as well as the Mallee. This region is used by all state government departments, and often there is a central body for the region located in Bendigo. In 2005, there were attempts to push for a separate region in north-west Victoria in the belief that this would deliver more services to the district. For tourism purposes, the term Wimmera Mallee
640-536: The Wimmera River to the south supplies Lake Hindmarsh and, very occasionally (in 1918, 1956 and 1975), overflows to the north. The Murray River is, thus, the only source of fresh water for the region and is consequently overburdened by intensive irrigation . As of 2019, 61% of the area utilizes drip irrigation . The climate of the Mallee is the hottest and driest in Victoria owing to its inland location. Rainfall
680-555: The Mallee is spread over parts of both the Murray Darling Depression and Riverina bioregions . The Mallee is one of the nine districts in Victoria used for weather forecasting by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology . The Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries defines the district as a 39,300-square-kilometre (15,200 sq mi) region for agricultural production purposes encompassing
720-536: The Murray River exceeds grain crops as the Mallee's major source of revenue. Oranges and grapes are particularly important and the region produces a large part of Victoria's wine though most of it is inexpensive cask wines. Dairying on irrigated pastures is important in the south of the region, but is threatened by its high water demand and the extreme scarcity of water in the Murray-Darling Basin. Tourism
760-522: The all time previously being 44.8 °C (112.6 °F) set on 23 January 2001. On 8 February 2009, the record for the consecutive days over 37.8 °C (100.0 °F) was to be broken with thirteen consecutive days recorded (the previous record being six days, which was set in 1946 and equalled in 1979, 1980 and 2004). Wagga Wagga also recorded fourteen consecutive days of over 35.0 °C (95.0 °F). January 2009 February January 2009 February January 2009 February January 2009 After
800-416: The city was free as the government admitted responsibility for failing to provide adequate infrastructure elements to cope with the heat, as well as long-standing issues with underfunding. On the 30th, 730 (40%) of rail services were cancelled, the worst day of operation since Connex took control in 2004. Several outdoor matches during the 2009 Australian Open on the 29th and the 30th were cancelled due to
840-452: The distinction between the Mallee and the country south and east of it are precipitation, evaporation, rock type, porosity of the superficial deposits, drainage away from high areas and supply of water from streams that rise in regions of higher rainfall." At the 2011 census, the Mallee had a population of 81,544, most of which live close to the Murray River in the district's two cities, Mildura and Swan Hill. These and other settlements within
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#1733086180805880-575: The evening of 30 January 2009. The outage affected much of central Melbourne with train and tram services cancelled, the evacuation of Crown Casino , traffic light failures, people being rescued from lifts and patrons of the Victorian Arts Centre evacuated and shows cancelled. The outage occurred only an hour after the National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO) issued a statement saying load shedding
920-575: The heat wave also precipitated the Black Saturday bushfires, in which 173 people died, 414 injured and 2,029 houses destroyed at various locations across the state. Several locations around the state recorded their highest temperatures since records began in 1859 and winds gusted up to 110 km/h. Many areas in central South Australia, northern Victoria and inland New South Wales regularly experience temperatures over 40 °C (104 °F) for one, two or three consecutive days, sometimes more, during
960-408: The heat wave is estimated to have cost the Victorian economy $ 100m during the week. Over the course of the week, thousands of train and tram services were cancelled in both cities, with more than 1,300 individual train services cancelled in metropolitan Melbourne alone. The cancellations were due to buckling rail lines, air conditioner failures and power outages. On the 30th, all public transport in
1000-421: The heat. A number of players, including number 3 seed Novak Djokovic , cited the temperature as reason for withdrawing from matches. Serena Williams was quoted as saying it was so hot on court she felt like she was having an " out-of-body experience ". After these retirements and an intensification in the heat, the organisers responded by closing the roof and allowing players longer breaks and icepacks. There
1040-439: The municipalities based on these centres contain over two-thirds of the region's population. Ouyen and Murrayville are the main settlements of the central Mallee, while Kerang , Cohuna , Hopetoun and Birchip are the major towns in the south. The Mallee is a primarily agricultural region: apart from possible mineral sands in the west and salt from certain ephemeral lakes there are no mineral deposits of value and industry
1080-717: The peak of the 2008–09 Australian bushfire season , causing many bushfires in the affected region, contributing to the extreme bushfire conditions on 7 February, also known as the Black Saturday bushfires , which claimed 173 lives in Victoria. The heat wave was caused by a slow-moving high-pressure system that settled over the Tasman Sea. Coupled with an intense tropical low and a monsoon trough over Northern Australia, this produced hot, tropical air to be directed over southeastern Australia, raising temperatures significantly. The CSIRO stated that "The warm lower tropospheric anticyclone
1120-682: The river are also major drawcards. The Wergaia people are an Aboriginal Australian group in the Wimmera and Mallee regions. The people were also known as the Maligundidj (in the Wotjobaluk language ) which means the people belonging to the Mali (mallee) bushland, which covers part of their territory. This name has also been recorded as Malleegunditch . In the context of the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia ,
1160-403: The southern coastal areas bringing some relief on 30 January, including Melbourne, where the change arrived that evening, dropping temperatures to an average of 30.8 °C (87.4 °F). Higher temperatures returned on the following weekend with Melbourne recording its hottest day since records began in 1855, 46.4 °C (115.5 °F). The heat wave generated extreme fire conditions during
1200-445: The state's highest temperature and the highest temperature of the heat wave, with a reading of 48.8 °C (119.8 °F). January 2009 February January 2009 February January 2009 February January 2009 February January 2009 February Temperatures have been recorded since in 1855. January 2009 February January 2009 February A record-high minimum temperature was recorded at around midnight on 29 January, when
1240-473: The summer months. During the heat wave, however, many of these regions experienced temperatures over 40 °C (104 °F) for twice as long or more, on average, than is normal for that time of year. Coastal regions and the ACT experienced slightly lower temperatures; however, these were still above average and lasted for a prolonged period. While coastal regions may have experienced shorter periods of heat wave, for
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1280-656: The temperature dropped to only 33.9 °C (93.0 °F) at the Bureau of Meteorology weather station in Kent Town , near the Adelaide city centre. Temperatures recorded in other parts of the city and other towns throughout South Australia were even higher. January 2009 February January 2009 February On 31 January 2009, Wagga Wagga broke the all-time January record for the most days above 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) with six days recorded (the record previously being five days, which
1320-487: The time that they did experience temperatures over 35 °C (95 °F), they mostly reached the top 3, top 5 or top 10 all-time temperature records for a number of days. The heat wave was perhaps most extreme in northern and eastern Tasmania, where 7 of the 8 highest temperatures recorded in Tasmania up to that time occurred during the heat wave. A chart of the variation of maximum and minimum daily temperatures, through
1360-492: The whole region was inundated by the ocean . Most of the Mallee consists of sand dunes that have been deposited as a result of movement of sand from the interior of Australia during arid glacial periods of the Quaternary . The soils are generally very infertile and sandy: the better ones on more stabilised sand dunes in the east are slightly loamy and pink to light brown and have been able to support wheat and barley growing as
1400-498: The year, for Melbourne was prepared from observations between May 1855 and August 2006. For early February, this shows a mean daily maximum temperature of 26 °C (79 °F) with the 75th-percentile temperature being about 31 °C (88 °F). Localised power outages occurred throughout both cities during the week at varying times for various lengths. It is estimated that over 500,000 residents in Melbourne were without power for
1440-501: Was a heat wave that commenced in late January and led to record-breaking prolonged high temperatures in the region. The heat wave is considered one of the, if not the, most extreme in the region's history. During the heat wave, fifty separate locations set various records for consecutive, highest daytime and overnight temperatures. The highest temperature recorded during the heat wave was 48.8 °C (119.8 °F) in Hopetoun , Victoria ,
1480-653: Was caused by a slow-moving high-pressure system that settled over the Tasman Sea , with a combination of an intense tropical low located off the North West Australian coast and a monsoon trough over Northern Australia , which produced ideal conditions for hot tropical air to be directed down over southeastern Australia. The heat began in South Australia on 25 January but became more widespread over southeast Australia by 27 January. A weak cool change moved over
1520-633: Was ending and power had been restored. Blackouts also occurred in the city's west, caused by the three-day heat wave. It is believed an explosion at South Morang contributed to the power problems along three transmission lines supplying Victoria's west and Victorian power supplier SP AusNet shed 1,000 megawatts. On the 30th, Energy Minister Peter Batchelor announced consumers who lose power for more than 20 hours would be eligible for compensation. Areas that did not experience blackouts still had problems with abnormally low voltage (probably due to increased air-conditioner usage). As of 1 February,
1560-485: Was renamed Piangil North in 1918 when Piangil was relocated adjacent to the railway station. A new Piangil Post Office opened in 1921 and is still in operation. Piangil Primary School closed in September 2015. [REDACTED] Media related to Piangil, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons This article about a location in the Mallee is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Mallee The Mallee
1600-496: Was set in 1952 and equalled in 1979 and 2001). The January record set in 1979 was equalled for number of days above 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) or more which is 19 days. Wagga Wagga broke the all-time record and the February record for the highest recorded maximum on 7 February 2009, 2:50pm AEDT the city recorded 45.2 °C (113.4 °F) with the previous February record being 44.6 °C (112.3 °F) set on 1 February 1968 and
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