Towong

Towong is a rural locality in north-east Victoria, situated on the Murray River about 70 km east of Lake Hume. It was named after the Towong pastoral run (1837), which was taken up by a New South Wales pastoralist, adjoining the Murray River south of present day Towong. Shown on some early maps as Nowong, it is thought that the name was an Aboriginal word meaning go away.