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Welcome to WikiProject Victoria! This WikiProject aims primarily to create, fill out, build, edit, construct, and modify articles about Victoria (state). If you would like to join this project, we would love your help, so please add your name to the list below, and look at the to-do list for some suggestions on articles that you may be able to help with. You may also inquire on the talk page, or visit the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard for collaboration on Australian articles in general. State emblems Floral Bird Animal Marine Tartan Mineral Fossil Common (pink) heath Epacris impresa Helmeted honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix Leadbeater's possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri Common seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Victorian state tartan Gold Koolasuchus Cleelandi

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Categories Victoria (state) Victoria (state)-related lists Buildings and structures in Victoria (state) Culture in Victoria (state) Economy of Victoria (state) Education in Victoria (state) Environment of Victoria (state) Geography of Victoria (state) Geology of Victoria (state) Health in Victoria (state) History of Victoria (state) Images of Victoria (state) People from Victoria (state) Politics of Victoria (state) Society in Victoria (state) Sport in Victoria (state) Stations in Victoria (state) Tourist attractions in Victoria (state) Transport in Victoria (state) Victoria portal Years in Victoria (state) Victoria (state) stubs Victoria (state) articles missing geocoordinate data Things you can do edit | watch Here are some tasks you can do to help at WikiProject Victoria: A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Requests: – Missing topics Local Government Association of Victoria – request from pre 2016 Maroon, Victoria – request from pre 2016 University of Western Victoria – request from pre 2016 Lincoln Square (Melbourne) Awakenings Festival – Horsham Central Goulburn Irrigation Area Rochester Irrigation Area Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project Heytesbury fires – (1886) Victoria bushfire season 1969 – Lara (1969) Barwon (region) – sub-region of Barwon South West (region) Great South Coast (region) – sub-region of Barwon South West (region) Loddon Campaspe (region) – sub-region of Loddon Mallee Redlinks in navbox (Protected areas in Victoria) Aura Vale Lake Park (part of Cardinia Reservoir Parks) Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary Beechworth Historic Park Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary Birrarrung Park (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Candlebark Park (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Cape Liptrap Coastal Park Cardinia Creek Parklands Cardinia Reservoir Parks Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Lake Tyers State Park Longridge Park Camp (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Marengo Reefs Marine Sanctuary Maribyrnong Valley Parklands Maroondah Reservoir Park Merri Marine Sanctuary Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park Nortons Park (part of Dandenong Valley Parklands) Point Cooke Marine Sanctuary – part covered in Point Cook Coastal Park#Marine Point Danger Marine Sanctuary Point Gellibrand Heritage Park Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary Shallow Inlet Marine and Coastal Park Shepherds Bush (Victoria) (part of Dandenong Valley Parklands) Silvan Reservoir Park Steiglitz Historic Park Sugarloaf Reservoir Parks The Arches Marine Sanctuary Tirhatuan Park (part of Dandenong Valley Parklands) Wabba Wilderness Park Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Wimmera River Heritage Area Park Woodlands Historic Park Yarra Flats Park (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Yarra Valley Parklands Expand: – stubs: 5,048 List of schools in Victoria Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre Melbourne Workers Theatre City West Water Belgrave Lantern Festival Red Tuesday bushfires – (1898) 1925–26 Victorian bushfire season – Black Sunday (1926) Linton Bushfire – (1998) 2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires Mount Lubra bushfire – (2006) 2006–07 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires Goulburn (region) – sub-region of Hume (region) Ovens Murray (region) – sub-region of Hume (region) Images: – requested images: 258 Lakeside Mental Hospital Tools Main tool page: toolserver.org Reflinks – Edits bare references – adds title/dates etc. to bare references Checklinks – Edit and repair external links Dab solver – Quickly resolve ambiguous links Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles

Current events 18 August 2025 – Australian Federal Court judge Michael Lee fines national airline Qantas AU$90 million (US$59 million) for unlawfully outsourcing 1,820 ground staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the AU$120 million (US$78 million) compensation the airline has already agreed to pay its former employees. (AP) 13 August 2025 – Australia–Vanuatu relations Australia and Vanuatu agree to implement a A$500 million (US$327 million) deal over the next decade to provide funding for economic development, security cooperation, labour mobility, and climate resilience. (Reuters) 11 August 2025 – Australia–Palestine relations, International recognition of Palestine Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September. (The Guardian) 5 August 2025 – Australia–Japan relations, Australian general purpose frigate program Australian defence minister Richard Marles announces that the country will purchase eleven Mogami-class frigates from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to upgrade its Navy as the New FFM. (DW) 30 July 2025 – Internet censorship in Australia The government of Australia announces the inclusion of video-sharing site YouTube in its social media ban for teenagers starting in December, following a survey on harmful content being reported on the site. (BBC News) (Reuters) 7 July 2025 – 2023 Leongatha mushroom murders Erin Patterson is found guilty on all charges regarding deaths from Amanita poisoning from a lunch at her home in Leongatha, Australia. (ABC News Australia) More Australian current events See also: Current events on Wikinews Article alerts edit | watch Did you know 13 Jul 2025 – Moira Deeming (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 26 May 2025 – Nick McKenzie (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion Requested moves 16 Aug 2025 – Annuello, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Annuello by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 16 Aug 2025 – Bunguluke, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Bunguluke by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 16 Aug 2025 – Bullengarook, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Bullengarook by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 16 Aug 2025 – Mount Buller, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Mount Buller by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 16 Aug 2025 – Bambill South, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Bambill South by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 16 Aug 2025 – Allenvale, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Allenvale by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 16 Aug 2025 – Bruthen, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Bruthen by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 16 Aug 2025 – Bolinda, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Bolinda by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 16 Aug 2025 – Barfold, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Barfold by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion 16 Aug 2025 – Benetook, Victoria (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Benetook by TarnishedPath (t · c); see discussion (34 more...) Articles to be merged 10 Aug 2025 – Outtrim railway station (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Outtrim railway line by Bearian (t · c) was closed; see discussion 10 Aug 2025 – Outtrim North railway station (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Outtrim railway line by Bearian (t · c) was closed; see discussion 10 Aug 2025 – Jumbunna railway station (talk · edit · hist) proposed for merging to Outtrim railway line by Bearian (t · c) was closed; see discussion Articles to be split 27 May 2024 – Robert Menzies (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ITBF (t · c); see discussion Assessments Of the 13,948 pages overseen by WikiProject Victoria: 100% have been assessed for quality See Category:Unassessed Victoria articles for the 2 remaining articles 100% have known importance See Category:Unknown-importance Victoria articles for the 6 remaining articles 54.2% of prose articles are not stubs See Category:Stub-Class Victoria articles for the 5050 remaining articles For full assessment categories see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria/Assessments Recognised content 11 FA-Class Victoria articles 3 FL-Class Victoria articles 0 FM-Class Victoria articles 29 GA-Class Victoria articles. 177 Did you know Victoria articles as of 8 May 2023 For full list of recognised content see: Assessments#Recognised content Assessment statistics Victoria articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total FA 1 10 11 FL 1 1 1 3 FM 19 19 GA 2 6 21 29 B 4 14 34 210 262 C 2 14 62 886 964 Start 1 11 137 4,557 1 3 4,710 Stub 1 31 5,014 2 5,048 List 4 7 556 567 Category 1,244 1,244 Disambig 23 23 File 93 93 Portal 2 2 Project 230 230 Redirect 342 342 Template 393 393 Draft 1 3 4 Assessed 8 47 279 11,258 2,347 5 13,944 Total 8 47 279 11,258 2,347 5 13,944 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 58,538 Ω = 5.31 Main page: WikiProject Victoria/Assessments WikiProject Victoria uses the {{WP Australia}} template banner for Wikipedia article assessments. The banner has a Victoria= parameter that provides article assessment ratings for Victoria-related articles: Example usage: {{WP Australia|Victoria=yes}} Articles relating to WikiProject Victoria should have their talk pages tagged as per the above example. See also Frequently asked questions about assessments WikiProject Victoria Article alerts WikiProject Victoria assessment worklists WikiProject Victoria assessment log

Members

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Active members

To join WikiProject Victoria, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

1. Dssis1 (talk · contribs)
2. InformZion (talk · contribs) 05:32:52, 27 June 2023 (UTC) [reply]
3. Longhair (talk · contribs)
4. Mattinbgn (talk · contribs)
5. MichaelBillington (talk · contribs)
6. Moanarque (talk · contribs)
7. mr. boniface (talk · contribs)
8. Orderinchaos (talk · contribs)
9. Wai Hong (talk · contribs)
10. Bduke (talk · contribs)
11. Tinkstar1985 (talk · contribs)
12. Daniel99091 (talk · contribs)
13. Slabba (talk · contribs)
14. Chicken7 (talk · contribs)
15. Admella1859 (talk · contribs)
16. Sarah (talk · contribs)
17. Vauxhallx (talk · contribs)
18. Sheepunderscore (talk · contribs)
19. Bogong Jack (talk · contribs)
20. Doonagatha (talk · contribs)
21. Scottius11 (talk · contribs)
22. Epistemos (talk · contribs)
23. Maias (talk · contribs)
24. Shelbypark (talk · contribs)
25. Punk Boi 8 (talk · contribs)
26. Garyvines (talk · contribs)
27. Cp_dale (talk · contribs)
28. Романов (talk · contribs)
29. Raleigh98 (talk · contribs)
30. Jenks24 (talk · contribs)
31. Mgorey (talk · contribs)
32. Mattcooperrider (talk · contribs)
33. ContrillionAU (talk) 10:52, 15 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
34. Mjs1991 (talk · contribs)
35. Jessc (talk · contribs)
36. Peterdownunder (talk · contribs)
37. Australiantiger (talk · contribs)
38. ThylacineHunter (talk · contribs) – Railways, trams, paddle boats, geography
39. EllsworthSchmittendorf (talk · contribs)
40. Nick F., Toaster (talk · contribs)
41. Boneso (talk · contribs) – Health
42. JediOne (talk · contribs) – Humanitarian & Environment
43. skinnytony1 (talk · contribs) – Environment, climate change, history, politics, Ballarat
44. BetterByBike (talk · contribs) – Health & Transport
45. Donama (talk · contribs)
46. MetroManMelbourne (talk · contribs) – transportation, inner east
47. Poplach12 (talk · contribs) 00:49:47, 10 June 2020 (UTC)  – Melbourne, flags, maps, history, AFL[reply]
48. CupcakePerson13 (talk · contribs) 15:45:12, 4 July 2020 (UTC)  Dandenong ranges and Melbourne[reply]
49. CPS-9444 (talk · contribs) 08:08:28, 13 December 2020 (UTC) [reply]
50. APNOneTwo (talk · contribs) – Public Transportation, Politics, Urban Planning, Sports, Venues and Western Suburbs
51. Ultraodan (talk · contribs) – AFL, Politics
52. MicedVolvo (talk · contribs) 12:31:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC) [reply]
53. GraziePrego (talk · contribs)
54. Loytra (talk · contribs) – Politics
55. Adam Black GB (talk · contribs)
56. GMH Melbourne (talk · contribs) 16:54:02, 5 June 2024 (UTC) [reply]
57. 4rkange1 (talk · contribs) 22:52:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)  – Trains, urban/transport planning, history, Melbourne, Mornington Penisula, Formula One[reply]
58. Zakary2012 (talk · contribs)
59. TarnishedPath (talk · contribs) 05:15:03, 4 November 2024 (UTC) [reply]
60. ThatPB95 Fan (talk · contribs) 09:54:07, 7 February 2025 (UTC) [reply]

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. SchultzyContrillion (talk · contribs)
2. Fred.e (talk · contribs)
3. Loberttp (talk · contribs)
4. aliasd (talk · contribs)
5. VirtualSteve (talk · contribs)
6. c4v3m4n (talk · contribs)
7. Thent1234 (talk · contribs)
8. Avi15 (talk · contribs)

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Victoria should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Victoria participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Victoria participants]]	none	linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Victoria}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP VIC}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP VIC|flag}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Victoria}}	This user participates in WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Victoria|invite}}	This user invites you to join WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages

For other Victoria user templates see Category:Victoria (state) user templates.

Also if you live in or are currently visiting Victoria, please add [[Category:Wikipedians in Victoria {state)|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]] to your user page.

Related projects

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Victorian

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Victorian Museums
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Geelong
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Bendigo

Other states

• WikiProject Australia
• WikiProject Australian places
• WikiProject New South Wales
• WikiProject Northern Territory
• WikiProject Queensland
• WikiProject South Australia
• WikiProject Tasmania
• WikiProject Western Australia
• Australian Antarctic Territory work group

Other

• GLAM Australia
• Category:Wikipedia GLAM in Victoria (state)
• Category:Wikimedia Australia in Victoria (state)