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INDIGOINDIGO PLANNINGPLANNING SCHEMESCHEME -- LOCALLOCAL PROVISIONPROVISION WODONGA AND TALLANGATTA MURRAY VALLEY Kiewa LAKE KIEWA- HUME RD RD ESO1 BONEGILLA RAILWAY River KIEWA - RD LINDSAY BARTONLA HUON VALLEY TANGAMBALANGATANGAMBALANGA KIEWA TANGAMBALANGATANGAMBALANGA HWY HWY STAGHORN Kiewa VALLEY ESO1 ESO1 HWY TURVEY FLAT Creek RD RD ROAD YACKANDANDAH LA ROAD KIEWA VALLEY - FLAT ROAD River KIEWA EAST KIEWA RD EAST ELLIS McDONALDRD LA MURRAY WODONGA FOR THISRD TANGAMBALANGAAREA ADAMS ALLANS HWY RD KIEWA KIEWA EAST ROAD Kiewa RD KIEWA SEE MAP 13 GENTLE LOCKHARTS LA HIBBERSON FLAT KIEWA VALLEY ESO1 River RD RD LA Kiewa GAP MILLER SCHILG GLASS RD Yackandandah RD LA ALLANS ESO1 BRYANTS HWY GAP RD RD KIEWAKIEWA RD GAP Gap FLAT ALLANSALLANSMILLER FLATFLAT OSBORNES FLAT RD RD Flat FLAT ALLANS HODGSON SMITH RD RD KIEWA - WALLACE BOWRAN CT RD LA RD RD ALBION LA ALLANS RD FLAT SCHOLZ FLAT RD YACKANDANDAH RD - LA Creek OSBORNES RD GUNDOWRING WODONGA GAP FLAT RD MILLER SANATORIUM RD Lockhart RD CREEK MAHON GAP CRAVEN SANDY DOWLING PL FLAT RD River HWY RD SON CREEK HODG RD J.R. SANDY RD ESO1 RD TOMKINS RD FLAT KIEWA VALLEY WILDON OSBORNES MEEHAN BACK AV MAHON LONGSTAFF RD FLAT SIMPSON RACECOURSE OSBORNES McGRATH LA JAMIESON FOR THIS AREA LA Sandy MEEHAN LA LA RD SANDY RD ROAD MONGAN Swampy GARVEYS LOCKHARTS LA LA CORCORANS LUMBY SEERD MAP 12 Creek RD FLAT HWY OSBORNES RD LA MONGANS JARVIS KERGUNYAH Creek RD KERGUNYAH RD ROPERS LA CREEK MEEHAN LA SIMPSON BEN VALLEY GUNDOWRING LA LA GAP O'NEILL LA NORTH LA GARVEYS DEDERANG BEN VALLEY Kinchington COGDELL REID LA LA RD Kiewa LA RD SHANAHAN SANDY GULLY LA KELLY KELLY GUNDOWRING SANDY CREEK RD Creek RD LA UPPER LA SANDY GULLY SCHULTZ BEN VALLEY OSBORNESOSBORNESLA FLATFLAT OSBORNESOSBORNES FLATFLATMADDOCK LA LA BEN CREEK DEDERANG LA RD HELLHOLE RD WALLACE VALLEY LA LA RD LA RD COLLINS McCLURE'S HELLHOLE RD ESO1 CREEK CREEK VALLEY SCHUBERT HELLHOLE Creek Tree Creek LA Cherry EGAN KERGUNYAH TURNER KIEWA SOUTH LA GRAY - LA EGAN LA LA GUNDOWRING River RD GUNDOWRING RD BARLOW LA LA EGAN EGAN LA RD - YACKANDANDAHMYRTLEFORD- BOYD RD RD GAP TUNNEL This publication is copyright. No part may be reproduced by any process except This map should be read in conjunction with additional Planning Overlay Ó in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act. State of Victoria. Maps (if applicable) as indicated on the INDEX TO MAPS. INDEX TO ADJOINING METRIC SERIES MAP Overlays 1000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 m ESO1 Environmental Significance Scale: 1:80,004 Overlay - Schedule 1 AUSTRALIAN MAP GRID ZONE 55 2 1 3 4 6 9 12 11 NN 7 10 Printed: 6/6/2007 ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE OVERLAY MAP No 11ESO.

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INDIGO PLANNING SCHEME LOCAL PROVISION WODONGA AND TALLANGATTA D-HO705 MURRAY VALLEY D-HO704 Kiewa LAKE KIEWA- HUME D-HO709 D-HO707 RD RD BONEGILLA RAILWAY River KIEWA - RD D-HO710 LINDSAY KIEWA-BONEGILLA RD COULSTON BARTONLA HUON RD RD VALLEY TANGAMBALANGATANGAMBALANGA KIEWA D-HO790 HWY HWY STAGHORN Kiewa VALLEY HWY TURVEY Creek RD FLAT RD RD LA JENKINS YACKANDANDAH ROAD LA JENKINS ROAD KIEWA VALLEY - FLAT KIEWA River EAST ROAD KIEWA-BONEGILLA KIEWA HUON-KIEWA MICHELLE CT KIEWA RD RD EAST ELLIS RD D-HO717 McDONALD DR D-HO718 D-HO719 RD MURRAY LA TANGAMBALANGA CAROL GENTLE WODONGA GENTLE CT FORLA THIS AREA HWY D-HO522 ADAMS ALLANS KIEWA EAST RD Kiewa RD ROAD KIEWA RD MURRA RD CT KIEWA D-HO711 ST CHA SEEWAL MAP 13 GENTLE LA LOCKHARTS HIBBERSON QUONDEY FLAT KIEWA VALLEY River RD RD LA Kiewa GAP MILLER SCHILG RD Yackandandah RD LA ALLANS BRYANTS HWY GAP RD RD SHEATHERS GAP KIEWAKIEWA Gap FLAT ALLANSALLANSMILLER FLATFLAT OSBORNES FLAT RD RD Flat FLAT ALLANS RD RD KIEWA - WALLACE BOWRAN CT RD RD RD ALBION LA ALLANS SCHOLZ FLAT FLAT RD RD Creek OSBORNES RD GUNDOWRING GAP FLAT RD MILLER RD GAP CREEK CRAVEN SANDY FLAT River HWY RD CREEK RD SANDY TOMKINS KIEWA VALLEY OSBORNES BACK FLAT SIMPSON McGRATH JAMIESON FOR THIS AREA D-HO510 LA LA Sandy RD SANDY ROAD Swampy LA LA SEE MAP 12 LUMBY RD HWY D-HO642 JARVIS KERGUNYAH Creek RD KERGUNYAH RD ROPERS LA CREEK MEEHAN LA SIMPSON LA GUNDOWRING O'NEILL LA NORTH LA COGDELL REID LA Kiewa D-HO496 GUNDOWRING SANDY CREEK LA LA UPPER SCHULTZ OSBORNESOSBORNESBEN VALLEY FLATFLAT MADDOCK OSBORNESOSBORNESLA FLATFLAT
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