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Welcome to WikiProject Victoria!

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Welcome to WikiProject Victoria! This WikiProject aims primarily to create, fill out, build, edit, construct, and modify articles about Victoria (state). If you would like to join this project, we would love your help, so please add your name to the list below, and look at the to-do list for some suggestions on articles that you may be able to help with. You may also inquire on the talk page, or visit the Australian Wikipedians' noticeboard for collaboration on Australian articles in general. State emblems Floral Bird Animal Marine Tartan Mineral Fossil Common (pink) heath Epacris impresa Helmeted honeyeater Lichenostomus melanops cassidix Leadbeater's possum Gymnobelideus leadbeateri Common seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus Victorian state tartan Gold Koolasuchus Cleelandi

Categories Victoria (state) Victoria (state)-related lists Buildings and structures in Victoria (state) Culture of Victoria (state) Economy of Victoria (state) Education in Victoria (state) Environment of Victoria (state) Geography of Victoria (state) Geology of Victoria (state) Health in Victoria (state) History of Victoria (state) Images of Victoria (state) People from Victoria (state) Politics of Victoria (state) Society of Victoria (state) Sport in Victoria (state) Stations in Victoria (state) Tourist attractions in Victoria (state) Transport in Victoria (state) Victoria portal Years in Victoria (state) Victoria (state) stubs Victoria (state) articles missing geocoordinate data Things you can do Here are some tasks you can do to help at WikiProject Victoria: A list of articles needing cleanup associated with this project is available. See also the tool's wiki page and the index of WikiProjects. Requests: – Missing topics Local Government Association of Victoria – request from pre 2016 Maroon, Victoria – request from pre 2016 University of Western Victoria – request from pre 2016 Lincoln Square (Melbourne) Awakenings Festival – Horsham Central Goulburn Irrigation Area Rochester Irrigation Area Wimmera Mallee Pipeline Project Heytesbury fires – (1886) Victoria bushfire season 1969 – Lara (1969) Barwon (region) – sub-region of Barwon South West (region) Great South Coast (region) – sub-region of Barwon South West (region) Loddon Campaspe (region) – sub-region of Loddon Mallee Redlinks in navbox (Protected areas in Victoria) Aura Vale Lake Park (part of Cardinia Reservoir Parks) Barwon Bluff Marine Sanctuary Beechworth Historic Park Beware Reef Marine Sanctuary Birrarrung Park (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Candlebark Park (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Cape Liptrap Coastal Park Cardinia Creek Parklands Cardinia Reservoir Parks Corner Inlet Marine and Coastal Park Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Lake Tyers State Park Longridge Park Camp (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Marengo Reefs Marine Sanctuary Maribyrnong Valley Parklands Maroondah Reservoir Park Merri Marine Sanctuary Mushroom Reef Marine Sanctuary Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park Nortons Park (part of Dandenong Valley Parklands) Point Cooke Marine Sanctuary – part covered in Point Cook Coastal Park#Marine Point Danger Marine Sanctuary Point Gellibrand Heritage Park Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary Shallow Inlet Marine and Coastal Park Shepherds Bush (Victoria) (part of Dandenong Valley Parklands) Silvan Reservoir Park Steiglitz Historic Park Sugarloaf Reservoir Parks The Arches Marine Sanctuary Tirhatuan Park (part of Dandenong Valley Parklands) Wabba Wilderness Park Wilsons Promontory Marine Park Wimmera River Heritage Area Park Woodlands Historic Park Yarra Flats Park (part of Yarra Valley Parklands) Yarra Valley Parklands Expand: – stubs: 5,276 List of schools in Victoria Mount Rothwell Biodiversity Interpretation Centre Melbourne Workers Theatre City West Water Belgrave Lantern Festival Red Tuesday bushfires – (1898) 1925–26 Victorian bushfire season – Black Sunday (1926) Linton Bushfire – (1998) 2003 Eastern Victorian alpine bushfires Mount Lubra bushfire – (2006) 2006–07 Eastern Victoria Great Divide bushfires Goulburn (region) – sub-region of Hume (region) Ovens Murray (region) – sub-region of Hume (region) Images: – requested images: 257 Lakeside Mental Hospital Tools Main tool page: toolserver.org Reflinks – Edits bare references – adds title/dates etc. to bare references Checklinks – Edit and repair external links Dab solver – Quickly resolve ambiguous links Peer reviewer – Provides hints and suggestion to improving articles

Current events 9 February 2026 – Australia–Israel relations, Gaza war protests in Australia Protests against Israeli president Isaac Herzog's state visit, following the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting, are held in cities across Australia. In Sydney, protests occurred amid a ban by the state government on hate speech grounds, resulting in police making 27 arrests and deploying pepper spray. (ABC News Australia) 8 February 2026 – Politics of Australia The Liberal–National Coalition of Australia reforms in Opposition following its second split in the span of a year. (The Guardian) 6 February 2026 – Three men, including the pilot, are killed when a light aircraft crashes into the ocean off Goolwa South, South Australia. (Reuters) 1 February 2026 – 2026 Australian Open In tennis, Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz defeats Serbian player Novak Djokovic in the men's singles final 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5, to win his first Australian Open title, becoming the youngest man to complete the career Grand Slam in singles. (AFP via ABS-CBN) (ESPN) 31 January 2026 – 2026 Australian Open In tennis, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan wins her first Australian Open title and second major title after defeating Aryna Sabalenka in the women's singles final in three sets, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4. (USA Today) 30 January 2026 – 2026 Australian Open In tennis, Carlos Alcaraz defeats Alexander Zverev in the men's singles semifinal of the Australian Open in a 5-hour and 27-minute match, the longest semifinal match in tournament history. (Al Jazeera) Article alerts Articles for deletion 30 Jan 2026 – 44 and 46 Forfar Road, Hamlyn Heights (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by Idontwantaaccount (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 06 Feb 2026; see discussion (8 participants) 30 Jan 2026 – 49 and 51 Gertrude Street, Geelong West (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by EchidnaLives (t · c) was closed as delete by Explicit (t · c) on 06 Feb 2026; see discussion (11 participants) 28 Jan 2026 – 2026 Victorian Liberal Party deputy leadership election (talk · edit · hist) AfDed by The-Pope (t · c) was closed as delete by OwenX (t · c) on 04 Feb 2026; see discussion (8 participants) Categories for discussion 31 Jan 2026 – Category:Culture in Geelong (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by OpalYosutebito (t · c); see discussion 15 Jan 2026 – Category:Deaths from pneumonia in Victoria (state) (talk · edit · hist) was CfDed by Johnpacklambert (t · c); see discussion Good article nominees 24 Dec 2025 – Bendigo Writers Festival boycott (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by LivelyRatification (t · c); start discussion 07 Dec 2025 – Stephen Jolly (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion 30 Nov 2025 – Monica Smit (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion 09 Nov 2025 – Jacob Hersant (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion 11 Oct 2025 – Teresa van Lieshout (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by TarnishedPath (t · c); start discussion Good article reassessments 03 Jan 2026 – Pakenham line (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by Z1720 (t · c); see discussion Requested moves 01 Feb 2026 – Shire of South Gippsland (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Shire of South Gippsland (disambiguation) by PK2 (t · c); see discussion Articles to be split 27 May 2024 – Robert Menzies (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by ITBF (t · c); see discussion Articles for creation 01 Feb 2026 – Draft:Geelong Ukrainian Orthodox Church (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 1geel0ng1 (t · c) 01 Feb 2026 – Draft:Geelong Russian Orthodox Church (talk · edit · hist) has been submitted for AfC by 1geel0ng1 (t · c) Assessments Of the 14,877 pages overseen by WikiProject Victoria: 100% have been assessed for quality See Category:Unassessed Victoria articles for the 2 remaining articles 100% have known importance See Category:Unknown-importance Victoria articles for the 2 remaining articles 55.1% of prose articles are not stubs See Category:Stub-Class Victoria articles for the 5278 remaining articles For full assessment categories see: Wikipedia:WikiProject Victoria/Assessments Recognised content 12 FA-Class Victoria articles 2 FL-Class Victoria articles 0 FM-Class Victoria articles 41 GA-Class Victoria articles. 177 Did you know Victoria articles as of 8 May 2023 For full list of recognised content see: Assessments#Recognised content Assessment statistics Victoria articles by quality and importance Quality Importance Top High Mid Low NA Total FA 1 1 10 12 FL 1 1 2 FM 19 19 GA 1 7 33 41 B 4 16 36 221 277 C 2 14 68 949 1,033 Start 1 24 156 4,929 1 5,111 Stub 1 30 5,245 5,276 List 4 7 563 574 Category 1,257 1,257 Disambig 25 25 File 220 220 Portal 2 2 Project 230 230 Redirect 353 353 Template 436 436 Draft 5 5 Assessed 8 61 306 11,955 2,543 14,873 Total 8 61 306 11,955 2,543 14,873 WikiWork factors (?) ω = 62,256 Ω = 5.30 Main page: WikiProject Victoria/Assessments WikiProject Victoria uses the {{WP Australia}} template banner for Wikipedia article assessments. The banner has a Victoria= parameter that provides article assessment ratings for Victoria-related articles: Example usage: {{WP Australia|Victoria=yes}} Articles relating to WikiProject Victoria should have their talk pages tagged as per the above example. See also Frequently asked questions about assessments WikiProject Victoria Article alerts WikiProject Victoria assessment worklists WikiProject Victoria assessment log

Members

Active members

To join WikiProject Victoria, edit this section and insert the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest into the following list of members in alphabetical order. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

1. Dssis1 (talk · contribs)
2. InformZion (talk · contribs) 05:32:52, 27 June 2023 (UTC) 
3. Longhair (talk · contribs)
4. Mattinbgn (talk · contribs)
5. MichaelBillington (talk · contribs)
6. Moanarque (talk · contribs)
7. mr. boniface (talk · contribs)
8. Orderinchaos (talk · contribs)
9. Wai Hong (talk · contribs)
10. Bduke (talk · contribs)
11. Tinkstar1985 (talk · contribs)
12. Daniel99091 (talk · contribs)
13. Slabba (talk · contribs)
14. Chicken7 (talk · contribs)
15. Admella1859 (talk · contribs)
16. Sarah (talk · contribs)
17. Vauxhallx (talk · contribs)
18. Sheepunderscore (talk · contribs)
19. Bogong Jack (talk · contribs)
20. Doonagatha (talk · contribs)
21. Scottius11 (talk · contribs)
22. Epistemos (talk · contribs)
23. Maias (talk · contribs)
24. Shelbypark (talk · contribs)
25. Punk Boi 8 (talk · contribs)
26. Garyvines (talk · contribs)
27. Cp_dale (talk · contribs)
28. Романов (talk · contribs)
29. Raleigh98 (talk · contribs)
30. Jenks24 (talk · contribs)
31. Mgorey (talk · contribs)
32. Mattcooperrider (talk · contribs)
33. ContrillionAU (talk) 10:52, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
34. Mjs1991 (talk · contribs)
35. Jessc (talk · contribs)
36. Peterdownunder (talk · contribs)
37. Australiantiger (talk · contribs)
38. ThylacineHunter (talk · contribs) – Railways, trams, paddle boats, geography
39. EllsworthSchmittendorf (talk · contribs)
40. Nick F., Toaster (talk · contribs)
41. Boneso (talk · contribs) – Health
42. JediOne (talk · contribs) – Humanitarian & Environment
43. skinnytony1 (talk · contribs) – Environment, climate change, history, politics, Ballarat
44. BetterByBike (talk · contribs) – Health & Transport
45. Donama (talk · contribs)
46. MetroManMelbourne (talk · contribs) – transportation, inner east
47. Poplach12 (talk · contribs) 00:49:47, 10 June 2020 (UTC)  – Melbourne, flags, maps, history, AFL
48. CupcakePerson13 (talk · contribs) 15:45:12, 4 July 2020 (UTC)  Dandenong ranges and Melbourne
49. CPS-9444 (talk · contribs) 08:08:28, 13 December 2020 (UTC) 
50. APNOneTwo (talk · contribs) – Public Transportation, Politics, Urban Planning, Sports, Venues and Western Suburbs
51. Ultraodan (talk · contribs) – AFL, Politics
52. MicedVolvo (talk · contribs) 12:31:27, 30 November 2021 (UTC) 
53. GraziePrego (talk · contribs)
54. Loytra (talk · contribs) – Politics
55. Adam Black GB (talk · contribs)
56. GMH Melbourne (talk · contribs) 16:54:02, 5 June 2024 (UTC) 
57. 4rkange1 (talk · contribs) 22:52:44, 8 June 2024 (UTC)  – Trains, urban/transport planning, history, Melbourne, Mornington Penisula, Formula One
58. Zakary2012 (talk · contribs)
59. TarnishedPath (talk · contribs) 05:15:03, 4 November 2024 (UTC) 
60. ThatPB95 Fan (talk · contribs) 09:54:07, 7 February 2025 (UTC) 
61. The Kora Person (talk · contribs) 07:59:33, 15 October 2025 (UTC)  Vic politics, trains, and places!

1. AuspolScribe (talk · contribs)

Former members

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

1. SchultzyContrillion (talk · contribs)
2. Fred.e (talk · contribs)
3. Loberttp (talk · contribs)
4. aliasd (talk · contribs)
5. VirtualSteve (talk · contribs)
6. c4v3m4n (talk · contribs)
7. Thent1234 (talk · contribs)
8. Avi15 (talk · contribs)

Member identification

Members of WikiProject Victoria should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to Category:WikiProject Victoria participants.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
[[Category:WikiProject Victoria participants]]	none	linked pages
{{Template:User WikiProject Victoria}}	This user is a participant in WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP VIC}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP VIC|flag}}	This user is a member of WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Victoria}}	This user participates in WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages
{{Template:User WP Victoria|invite}}	This user invites you to join WikiProject Victoria.	linked pages

For other Victoria user templates see Category:Victoria (state) user templates.

Also if you live in or are currently visiting Victoria, please add [[Category:Wikipedians in Victoria {state)|{{subst:PAGENAME}}]] to your user page.

Related projects

Victorian

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Victorian Museums
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Melbourne
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Geelong
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Bendigo

Other states

• WikiProject Australia
• WikiProject Australian places
• WikiProject New South Wales
• WikiProject Northern Territory
• WikiProject Queensland
• WikiProject South Australia
• WikiProject Tasmania
• WikiProject Western Australia
• Australian Antarctic Territory work group

Other

• GLAM Australia
• Category:Wikipedia GLAM in Victoria (state)
• Category:Wikimedia Australia in Victoria (state)