Moyhu is a town in the Rural City of Wangaratta Local Government Area, Victoria, Australia.

[1] Moyhu, Mayhu, Moihu from Moydow, Ireland, home of original settlers, the Farrell family.

The lush 92,000 acres of the King Valley was originally taken up as a pastoral leasehold 'Oxley Plains' by squatters George and William Pitt Faithfull in 1838.

Dominick Farrell became William Pitt Faithfull's (Goulburn NSW) appointed oversee for the southern portion, the 45,000 'Edi' pastoral run.

The earliest selector was Thomas Byrne and his family who arrived in the late 1850s and lived near Meadow Creek.

Son Andrew's property developed at Ballenvalley north of Moyhu and he donated the land for the establishment of St John of the Holy Cross Catholic Church.

Through the seventies the town hosted, Thursday markets, annual horse races and a timber mill.

[4] 3061 Moyhu North opened in a slab building in September 1890, but closed at the end of 1891 due to low enrolments.

Victoria's first 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway was opened in 1899, which connected Moyhu, and other settlements along the King Valley, with the main broad-gauge line at Wangaratta.

Moyhu is the home of several annual events - the Easter Fair at the local primary school every Easter Monday, a Garden Expo every October, Guy Fawkes bonfire, and a popular New Year's Eve celebration in the Lions Park.

It is also a central location for popular tourist attractions in the area such as Glenrowan (the scene of Ned Kelly's last stand) and the King Valley gourmet region.