Jeparit Memorial Buildings

Jeparit - Jeparit visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Jeparit' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Victoria.

The small town of Jeparit lies between Dimboola and Rainbow in the depths of Victoria in Australia. Developing on the banks of Wimmera River, Jeparit was occupied by Gromiluk aborigines before Europeans, mostly German Lutherans, arrived in the 1880s and began growing wheat.

Jeparit was the birthplace of Robert Menzies in 1894, who later became Prime Minister of Australia. He is remembered by a monument and the Sir Robert Menzies Park. Just to the north of Jeparit lies Lake Hindmarsh.

Jeparit has a railway station, part of the Yaapeet branch of the Melbourne to Adelaide line. There are 6 grain silos here, but the station is closed and the line has not seen a train since 2007.

Jeparit - Tourist Attractions

• Menzies Memorial - 18 metre high grey steel column with a thistle on the top known as Robert Menzies Spire.
• Lake Hindmarsh - largest freshwater lake in Victoria, fringed by ancient River Red Gums and fed by the Wimmera River, lined by beaches and popular for various water sports.
• Four Mile Beach - most popular beach on Lake Hindmarsh.
• Birdcage Flora and Fauna Reserve - reserve near the northern end of Hindmarsh Lake containing Mallee birds and rare butterflies, accessible on foot only.
• Wimmera-Mallee Pioneer Museum - covering 4 hectares with a history of the region and old machinery.
• Ebenezer Mission - remains of a Moravian mission established in 1859 and closed in 1904, near Antwerp, 20km from Jeparit.
• Wyperfeld National Park - 356,800 ha semi-arid park containing a chain of lakes connected by Outlet Creek.
• Lake Albacutya Park - 40km north of Jeparit, a 'seasonal' lake which fills as an overflow from Lake Hindmarsh, and last filled in 1974.
• Little Desert National Park - about 60km south of Jeparit, laced with over 600km of trails and best visited between late winter and early summer when the temperatures are comfortable and the park is full of blossoms and wildflowers.

Car: Jeparit is on the Western Highway turning north at Nhill or Dimboola. It is about 380 km from Melbourne and 450 km from Adelaide.