What is "wangoom"

Wangoom is a town in the Western District of Victoria, from the state capital, Melbourne and from the regional centre of Warrnambool. The population at the 2006 census was 378.

After European settlement of the area in the 1840s mixed farming was conducted by many landowners and leasees until the introduction of the milking machine followed by a period where most farms derived a large proportion of their income from dairying. Since 1970 most of the smaller dairies have ceased operating and the few remaining farms are considerably larger in size often using land previously used by smaller dairy farms.