Barnawartha is a small town located on the Hume Highway in regional north-east Victoria, Australia, approximately 299 kilometres (186 mi) from Melbourne on the banks of Indigo Creek, which runs into the Murray River to the north.

[3] Gustav and William Baumgarten were large land owners in Barnawartha prior to the township being settled.

After serving prison time for receiving stolen horses from the infamous Ned Kelly, William developed a large winery called Bogong, on the Murray River.

[6] The club played a few friendly matches most years against other local towns between 1894 and 1909[7][8] prior to joining the Ovens and Murray Junior Football Association in 1910[9] and lost the 1911 Rutherglen & District Football Association grand final to Howlong.

In the nearby area there are several nearby public accessible river access and camping grounds, this includes Richardson's bend often referred by the locals as Richos is a Dispersed bush camping ground along the bank of the Murray.