Yelta, Victoria

Yelta is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It was for a short time in the 1870s and 1880s the Victorian administrative centre of what is now Sunraysia and the Millewa. This role was then taken over by Mildura. At the, Yelta and the surrounding area had a population of 281.
It is notable for containing the terminus of the Melbourne-Mildura railway line.

History

Yelta Aboriginal Mission was established by the Church of England on the banks of the Murray River Local aboriginal people called a small billabong near the site of the mission, Yelta.

During World War II, Yelta was the location of List of RAAF inland [aircraft fuel depots|RAAF No.29 Inland Aircraft Fuel Depot], completed in 1942 and closed on 14 June 1944. Usually consisting of 4 tanks, 31 fuel depots were built across Australia for the storage and supply of aircraft fuel for the RAAF and the US Army Air Forces at a total cost of £900,000.