The town of Henty is located midway between two of Australia's greatest river systems, The Murray & Murrumbidgee.
The Olympic highway through town was so named as it was the path that the 1956 Olympic torch took on its journey to Melbourne
"The Henty Man".
This man was originally shaped by an itinerant worker in the early 1930's from a tree burnt out by a Swagman's fire.
It became a district landmark until it was destroyed by natural elements about 20 years later
Prior to Henty's Centenary in 1986, it was decided by local identities to restore
"The Man" for the occasion
Henty's "John Travolta" !!!
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