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TAMGAMBALANGA
Tamgambalanga and Kiewa are pretty
much the same town and renown for Kiewa Milk Products. Tamgambalanga
and Kiewa are dormitory towns to the greater Albury Wodonga area.
Tamgam qualifies for the Bustout
Synopsis.
The town's name is derived
from the Aboriginal Pallangaganmiddah Tribe's word (Tan-gam-bool-am)
for the white clawed lobster, Murray crayfish Tangambalanga Post
Office opened on 1 December 1911.
The residential district
located near the intersection with the Kiewa Valley Highway is known
as "Kiewa", with Tangambalanga proper beginning on the other side of
the small valley flood plain. At the 2006 census, Tangambalanga had a
population of 439.
Situated in the rolling
hills of the valley, the town exists around the dairy and cheese
factory of the Murray-Goulburn dairy cooperative, which processes milk
for the fresh milk market, as well as butter and cheese.
Tangam has a main street
hotel
Two Churches are located in
the small town.  
The Tamgambalanga War
Memorial is on the western edge of the town.
Tamgambalanga and Kiewa are
passed through when the traveler is heading from Tallangatta (Murray
Valley Highway) to the Mount Beauty Alpine route.
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