Euston

History

For tens of thousands of years before European colonisation, a number of Aboriginal clans inhabited the area around Euston, principally the Kureinji people. There are many remnants of Aboriginal occupation and use of the land, including scar trees, fire hearths, flaked stone artefacts, burial sites and middens. In 1830, the exploring party led by Charles Sturt became the first Europeans to traverse the general country. In 1876, the settlement at Euston was described in the following terms: Euston is a crossing-place for sheep and cattle. There is a Custom-house officer here, though I should judge that his avocations were not of an extremely onerous nature, and the township also possesses a post and telegraph office. If the building can be taken as a type of the township, Euston has not a long life before it. The walls appear as if rent apart by an earthquake. The hotels and about a dozen small houses constitute the remainder of the township. Euston and Robinvale are home to a large Italian population from the southern province of Calabria in Italy. Euston has the Euston Sports and Recreation Club and the Euston Pub. The town used to field an Australian rules football team, which competed in the Millewa Football League, but they were forced to merge with Robinvale due to lack of players. Euston is a gateway to the Murray River and Sunraysia district, known for its fishing, including the Murray cod and other native species, but now threatened by the European carp.

Most-observed species

• Australian Magpie

  Gymnorhina tibicen (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  493
• Regent Parrot

  Polytelis anthopeplus (Lear, 1831) · Aves
  416
• Australian Raven

  Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  357
• Whistling Kite

  Haliastur sphenurus (Vieillot, 1818) · Aves
  318
• Crimson Rosella

  Platycercus elegans (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
  301
• Red-rumped Parrot

  Psephotus haematonotus (Gould, 1838) · Aves
  297
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  296
• Little Raven

  Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 · Aves
  292