Tallangatta

Tallangatta is a small town in the Shire of Towong in north-east Victoria, Australia, situated on the Mitta Arm of Lake Hume near the Murray River. It is notable as Australia's only town to have been entirely relocated in the 1950s when the original township was flooded to enlarge the Hume Dam. The new town was planned on a grid layout and today serves as a service centre for the surrounding farming district and a gateway to the High Country.

Visitors can expect a quiet, planned country town with wide streets laid out in a grid, low-rise shops and cafes along Towong Street, and parkland foreshore on Lake Hume. The town offers lake views, a lookout over the water and township, access to the High Country Rail Trail for walking and cycling, and interpretive information about the town's relocation. Surroundings include farming land, lake inlets, and bushland with opportunities for fishing, boating and picnicking.

Tallangatta was established in the 1870s as a service town for the surrounding pastoral district and later served by the Tallangatta railway line. In the 1950s the original township was resumed and flooded to allow the enlargement of the Hume Dam on the Murray River. Between 1953 and 1956 the town was rebuilt 8 km west on higher ground to a planned grid design, making it the only town in Australia to be entirely relocated. Remnants of Old Tallangatta are occasionally visible when Lake Hume water levels are low.

Tallangatta serves as a cultural and service centre for the Towong Shire farming community and is recognised for its unique relocation history, which is interpreted through local displays and heritage information. The town is a gateway to Victoria's High Country and Lake Hume recreation area and retains community significance as a planned post-war town.