Moyhu

Moyhu is an agricultural village near the King River in north-east Victoria. It is 27 km south of Wangaratta, and 180 km from Melbourne.

Moyhu is positioned where several creeks enter the King River, and the area is subject to flooding. The fertile district was settled by Dr George Mackay who took up the ‘Myrrhee’ pastoral run early in 1838. The run's name is thought to have been derived from an Aboriginal word meaning wind. Myrrhee was probably later corrupted to Moyhu (although there is a Myrrhee village south of Moyhu on a tributary of the King River).