For the daughter of Cormac mac Airt in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology, see
Gráinne .
Town in Victoria, Australia
Granya is a town in northeastern Victoria , Australia on the Murray arm of Lake Hume in the Towong Shire local government area, 378 kilometres (235 mi) northwest of the state capital, Melbourne .
The town was established in the 1860s following a gold rush .[ 2]
In 1920 a huge monument was erected in honour of local fallen soldiers who died in the Great European War between 1915 and 1919.[ 3]
Granya is situated right on the edge of Lake Hume and provides a base for many tourists sightseeing, fishing and water skiing.
Granya Football Club colours
The Granya Football Club was formed in September 1886 at a meeting a Legges Hotel[ 4] and a match against Tallangatta soon followed.[ 5]
Former St Kilda Football Club player, Wally Scott played in Granya's 1912 premiership win and was later wounded in World War One at the Dardanelles .[ 6]
In 1937, Granya applied to join both the Dederang & District Football League & Upper Murray Football Association, but were refused, so they went into recess in 1937 and 1938.[ 7] Granya joined the Dederang & District Football League in 1939.[ 8]
The backbone of the Granya Football teams in the 1930's and 1940's were the eight Webb brothers, six Star brothers and four Gard brothers who were all very good footballers.[ 9]
Former Granya footballers, Norm Webb , Don Star and Bill Barton all played senior VFL football.
Football timeline
1886 - 1903: Club active, but no competition football
1904 - 1905: Mitta Valley Football Association
1906 - Club active, but no competition football[ 10]
1907 - 1908: Tallangatta Football Association
1909 - Club active, but no competition football[ 11]
1910 - Mitta Valley Football Association
1911 -
1912 - Mitta Valley Football Association
1913 - Granya, Wymah & Bethanga Football Association
1914 - Applied to enter the Wodonga Football Association, but were rejected.[ 12]
1915 - 1918: Club in recess. World War One
1919 - Mitta Valley Football Association (Khone Trophy)[ 13]
1920 -
1921 - 1923: Tallangatta & District Football Association
1924 - 1928: Kiewa & District Football Association
1929 - 1931: Tallangatta & District Football Association
1932 - Yackandandah & District Football League
1933 - 1934: Tallangatta & District Football League [ 14]
1935 -
1936 - Chiltern & District Football Association
1937 - 1938: Club in rescess
1939 - Dederang & District Football Association
1940 - Kiewa & Mitta Valleys Football Association
1941 - 1944: Club in recess. {[World War Two]]
1945 - 1954: Tallangatta & District Football League
1958 - 1959: Merged with Bethanga FC to form Murray United FC
1960 - Club folds.
Premierships / Runners Up
Tallangatta Football Association
1907 - Granya : 7.8 - 50 defeated Sandy Creek: 3.10 - 28[ 15]
1908 - Sandy Creek: 1.5 - 11 defeated Granya: 1.3 - 9[ 16] [ 17]
Tallangatta & Mitta Mitta Football Association (Orr & Patterson Trophy)
1912 - Granya : 6.12 - 48 defeated Mitta Mitta: 2.4 - 16[ 18] [ 19]
Tallangatta & Mitta Mitta Football Association (Blair Trophy)
1912 - Granya : 2.7 - 21 defeated Mitta Mitta: 1.7 - 13[ 20] [ 21] [ 22]
Tallangatta & District Football Association
1922 - Tallangatta: 6.7 - 43 defeated Granya: 4.8 - 32[ 23]
1923 - Kiewa: 2.16 - 28 defeated Granya: 3.9 - 27[ 24]
Kiewa & District Football Association
1926 - Granya : 4.18 - 42 defeated Bethanga: 5.8 - 38[ 25]
1927 - Granya : 8.11 - 59 defeated Bethanga: 3.1 - 19[ 26]
1928 - Mitta Valley: 12.8 - 80 d Granya: 4.11 - 35[ 27]
Tallangatta & District Football Association
1929 - Granya : 9.14 - 68 defeated Albury Rovers: 8.12 - 60[ 28] [ 29]
1930 - Mitta Mita: 5.11 - 41 defeated Granya: 4.14 - 38[ 30]
1933 - Granya : 14.13 - 97 defeated Mitta Mitta: 76[ 31]
Chiltern & District Football Association (Zone A)
1936 - Kiewa: 9.18 - 72 defeated Granya: 6.7 - 49[ 32]
Tallangatta & District Football League
1946 - Granya : 12.8 - 80 defeated Mitta / Eskkdale: 8.7 - 55[ 33] [ 34]
1947 - Granya : 8.8 - 56 defeated Tallangatta: 7.10 - 52[ 35]
1950 - Bullioh Valley: 9.9 - 63 d Granya: 9.8 - 62[ 36] [ 37] [ 38]
1951 - Granya : 12.20 - 92 defeated Tallangatta: 9.16 - 72[ 39] [ 40]
1953 - Mitta United: 6.9 - 45 defeated Granya: 3.7 - 25[ 41]
Tallangatta Knock Out Competition
1951 - Granya / Tallangatta: 8.12 - 60 defeated Beechworth: 6.6 - 42[ 42]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Granya .
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^ "Granya" . Towong Shire. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2010 .
^ "1920 - Fallen Soldiers" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 19 August 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1886 - Granya" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 2 September 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1886 - Tallangatta v Granya" . Wodonga and Towong Sentinel (Vic). 1 October 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1915 - AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN THE DARDANELLES" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 20 May 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1937 - Granya football club" . Trove Newspapers . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 21 May 1937. p. 37. Retrieved 11 October 2020 .
^ "1939 - Dederang & DFL - AGM" . Trove Newspapers . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 12 April 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 11 October 2020 .
^ Brent Godde (29 October 2021). "Don Star reflects on his time spent at Granya, Wodonga, South Melbourne and Jindera" . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1906 - Football" . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 18 May 1906. p. 19. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1909 - Football" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 22 April 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1914 - Wodonga Football Association" . Wodonga and Towong Sentinel (Vic). 29 May 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1919 - Football competition" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 29 May 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1934 - Football Notes" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 19 April 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1907 - Granya v Sandy Creek" . The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 30 August 1907. p. 23. Retrieved 9 September 2024 .
^ "1908 - Football" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 17 September 1908. p. 3. Retrieved 9 September 2024 .
^ "1908 - Football" . Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic). 19 September 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 9 September 2024 .
^ "1912 - Granya v Mitta" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 29 August 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2024 .
^ "1912 - Country Matches: Tallangatta" . The Argus (Melbourne, Vic). 23 September 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 4 September 2024 .
^ "1912 - Granya v Mitta Mitta" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 5 September 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2024 .
^ "1912 - Football" . Singleton Argus (NSW). 7 September 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 4 September 2024 .
^ "1912 - Keen Footballers" . The Argus. 3 September 1912. p. 12. Retrieved 4 September 2024 .
^ "1922 - Final Match" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 17 August 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1923 - Grand Final: Kiewa v Granya" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 13 September 1923. p. 3. Retrieved 10 September 2024 .
^ "1926 - Grand final Match" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 16 September 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1927 - Grand Final won by Granya" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 11 August 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1928 - Mitta Valley v Granya" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 23 August 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 23 August 2024 .
^ "1929 - Football Matches" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 19 September 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1929 - FOOTBALLERS' NIGHT AT GRANYA" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 17 October 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1930 - GRAND FINAL FOOTBALL MATCH" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 18 September 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1933 - TALLANGATTA AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 10 August 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1936 - Kiewa v Granya" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic. 20 August 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
^ "1946 - Football" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 5 September 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2024 .
^ "1946 - Premiership to Granya" . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 2 September 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 1 September 2024 .
^ "1947 - GRANYA WINS DISTRICT PENNANT" . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 1 September 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 31 August 2024 .
^ "1950 - Bullioh Premiers" . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 14 August 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 31 August 2024 .
^ "1951 - GRANYA'S PREMIERSHIP" . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 20 August 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 31 August 2024 .
^ "1951 - Premiership to Granya" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 23 August 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 31 August 2024 .
^ "1951 - GRANYA'S PREMIERSHIP" . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 20 August 1951. p. 11. Retrieved 31 August 2024 .
^ "1951 - Premiership to Granya" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 23 August 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 31 August 2024 .
^ "1953 - MITTA PREMIERS IN THE TALLANGATTA LEAGUE" . Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 21 September 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 30 August 2024 .
^ "1951 - Granya=Tallangatta Side Win Grand Final" . Upper Murray and Mitta Herald (Vic). 10 May 1951. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2024 .
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Territory divided with another LGA