Wodonga (pronounced /wəˈdɒŋɡə/;[2] Pallanganmiddang: Wordonga)[3] is a city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, 324 kilometres (201 mi) north-east of Melbourne, Australia.

[5] There are multiple suburbs of Wodonga including Bandiana, Baranduda, Barnawartha, Bonegilla, Ebden, Huon Creek, Killara, Leneva and Staghorn.

The local Indigenous Waywurru name for the area, "Wordonga", refers to an edible plant or nut found in lagoons.

Bill Tilley of the Liberal Party has represented the electoral district of Benambra since the 2006 Victorian state election.

Much of the arts and theatrical activity in the region is conducted in a cross-border fashion; for instance HotHouse Theatre is located almost equidistant from the Wodonga and Albury city centres.

Brisbane Lions dual-premiership player Daniel Bradshaw and St Kilda forward Fraser Gehrig are originally from Wodonga.

Australian Socceroos Archie Thompson and Joshua Kennedy played for soccer team Twin City Wanderers as children.

In early 2014, a new club representing the region and playing its games in Wodonga was founded as Murray United F.C.

[12] The Albury-Wodonga Motorcycle Club are located at Diamond Park on the southern part of Gateway Island, on the north side of the Murray River and organise motor cycle events.

Winters are rainy and cloudy, however, with breaks of sunny days during periods of high pressure systems.

Major secondary industries based in Wodonga include a logistics distributions hub (LOGIC), a large cattle market, a pet food factory (Mars Petcare), a can factory (Visy), a cardboard box factory (Opal) and (Visy Board), a hydraulic hose manufacturer (Parker Hannifin), an abattoir, a foundry (Bradken), a polypropylene film manufacturer (Taghleef Industries (formerly Shorko) a concrete pipe & pole manufacturer (Rocla) and a transformer manufacturer (Wilson Transformer Company) as well as a variety of other smaller enterprises.

[19] A daily tabloid owned by Australian Community Media, the Border Mail, is printed in Wodonga.

WIN Television's bulletin is produced in Ballarat but features Albury–Wodonga region based content, and airs on delay at 6.30pm.

The Albury/Wodonga market underwent significant change in 2005 when Macquarie Southern Cross Media bought 105.7 The River from RG Capital, and 2AY and Star FM from the DMG Radio Australia.

The Albury-Wodonga Community Radio station plays a large number of speciality programs including those for the retiree, ethnic and aboriginal communities throughout the day and a range of musical styles including underground and independent artists from 8:00pm onwards.

Other stations include the Albury–Wodonga Christian Broadcasters' 98.5 The Light,[20] and the dance formatted narrowcaster RawFM on 87.6 FM.

Local public transport is provided by Dysons (which took over Mylon Motorways) who run buses on a number of routes both within Wodonga and to Albury.

There is a comprehensive network of bicycle paths in Wodonga, including one across the Lincoln Causeway to Albury.

Albury Airport, which provides scheduled commuter flights to Melbourne and Sydney, is a short drive from Wodonga.

[25] Higher education is locally served by the Wodonga Institute of TAFE and La Trobe University.

The regional Albury–Wodonga campus of La Trobe University was established in 1991 and provides courses in education, health sciences, biology, and business.