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King Valley Geographical Indication

King Valley (region)

The textual description is the legal definition.

The Australian Geographical Indication 'King Valley' was entered in the Register of Protected Names on 12 October 2007 in response to a direction from Wine Australia pursuant to section 40ZD of the AWBC Act.

GI area boundaries:

The Geographical Indication King Valley is a region located within the zone North East Victoria which is within the State of Victoria, Australia

The official maps used to support the textual description of the boundary of the Geographical Indication King Valley are:

Wangaratta topographic map  
Scale 1:100,000 
Series R652 
Sheet 8125 
Edition 1 
Produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps 
under the direction of the Chief of General Staff 
Printed by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1971.

Albury topographic map  
Scale 1:100,000 
Series R652 
Sheet 8225 
Edition 2-AAS 
Produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps 
under the direction of the Chief of General Staff 
Printed by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1987.

Buffalo topographic map 
Scale 1:100,000 
Series R652 
Sheet 8224 
Edition 2-AAS 
Produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps 
under the direction of the Chief of General Staff 
Printed by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1986.

Whitfield topographic map 
Scale 1:100,000 
Series R652 
Sheet 8124 
Edition 2-AAS 
Produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps 
under the direction of the Chief of General Staff 
Printed by the Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1987.

GI textual description:

The beginning point of the boundary is located on Map Wangaratta (Sheet 8125), being the junction of an unnamed road and the Hume Highway in Glenrowan at grid reference DV309642, then proceeds generally north easterly along the Hume Highway to its intersection with an unnamed road at grid reference DV357730, then proceeds generally south of easterly in a straight line to the unnamed road at grid reference DV363729, then proceed in the same direction along this unnamed road to its intersection with another unnamed road at grid reference DV399726, then proceeds generally northerly along the other unnamed road to its intersection with the Wangaratta to Moyhu road at grid reference DV400727, then proceeds generally north westerly along the Wangaratta to Moyhu road to its intersection with grid line 730 at grid reference DV398730, then proceeds easterly along grid line 730 to its intersection with the King River at grid reference DV404730, then proceeds generally northerly along the King River to grid reference DV400750, then proceeds north easterly in a straight line to the junction of the Ovens River and the unnamed creek at grid reference DV409762, then proceeds generally south easterly along the Ovens River to the edge of the map at grid reference DV552674; On to Map Albury (Sheet 8225) at grid reference DV552674, then proceeds generally south easterly along the Ovens River to Pioneer Bridge at grid reference DV573666, then proceeds south south easterly in a straight line to the edge of the map at grid reference DV588605; On to Map Buffalo (Sheet 8224) at grid reference DV588605, then proceeds south south easterly in the same straight line via Kneebones Gap at grid reference DV597558 and continue along the same straight line to the junction of Bread and Butter Gap Road and the Lake Buffalo Caboor Road at Bread and Butter Gap at grid reference DV642367, then proceeds generally south westerly in a straight line to the trig point on Mount Emu at grid reference DV615336, then proceeds generally south easterly in a straight line to the junction of the Dandongadale and Rose Rivers at grid reference DV671266, then proceeds east of southerly in a straight line to the intersection of the Lake Cobbler-Abbeyard Track with the Dandongadale-Buffalo Divide Track at grid reference DV709067, then proceeds westerly along grid line 067 to the edge of map at grid reference DV555067; On to Map Whitfield (Sheet 8124) at grid reference DV555067, then proceeds westerly along grid line 067 to the unnamed vehicular track near Evans Creek at grid reference DV445067, then proceeds north westerly in a straight line to the King River (West Branch) at grid reference DV407099, then proceeds north of westerly in a straight line to the intersection of two unnamed roads near the school at grid reference DV355130, then proceeds in a straight line west of northerly to its intersection with the unnamed road at grid reference DV336155, then proceeds generally northerly in a straight line along the watershed between Ryans Creek and Middle Creek to the intersection of two unnamed roads at grid reference DV303460, then proceeds west of northerly in a straight line to the unnamed road at grid reference DV282574, then proceeds east of northerly in a straight line to the edge of the map at grid reference DV293603; On to Map Wangaratta (Sheet 8125) at grid reference DV293603, then proceeds in the same straight line to the junction of an unnamed road and the Hume Highway in Glenrowan, at grid reference DV309642, the starting point.

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