Editing Sale, Victoria (section)

== Culture ==

===Events and attractions===
[[File:VM 0242 Sale Primary School - Maypole dance.jpg|thumb|Sale Primary schoolchildren perform [[maypole dance]]]]
[[File:VM 0240 Sale Primary School - Maypole dance.jpg|thumb|City band]]
The March [[Labour Day#Australia|Labour Day]] weekend witnesses the Marley Point Overnight Yacht Race which is the longest overnight inland yacht race in the world. It begins near Sale and concludes at [[Paynesville, Victoria|Paynesville]], some 60&nbsp;km away.

A Sale attraction is [[Lake Guthridge]], a low lying [[retention basin]], which features a park for children, [[barbecue]]s, and a walking trail around the lake and car parking facilities. Prior to refurbishment in the mid-1990s Lake Guthridge suffered a blue-green algae problem that resulted in widespread fish mortality until local joggers and nearby residents complained of the associated stench causing council to act. Lake Guthridge has never been used as a food source.

A significantly superior natural waterway of historical significance is the aforementioned [[Port of Sale]] (previously ''Sale Canal''), the original inspiration for the early town's original name – ''Flooding Creek''. The Canal connects to other local rivers and lakes, leading eventually to [[Lakes Entrance]], an oceanside tourist resort situated near a managed, naturally occurring channel connecting the [[Gippsland Lakes]] to [[Bass Strait]]. Once steam boats and ocean-going craft were able to journey from Lakes Entrance to Sale, arriving at the docks at Sale to ferry passengers and goods from Eastern Victoria, although its success in such a role was short lived.

In recent years, a grassroots effort helped to persuade the local council to invest in restoration of the foreshore and to protect against erosion. Prior to the rise of [[Common Carp]] as the predominant fish species due to nutrient overload from agricultural runoff, Sale Canal featured pristine waters and native fish stocks. The [[Sale Regatta]] is run yearly on a long straight section of the canal headed towards [[Longford, Victoria|Longford]]. Visitors to Sale are usually unaware of the Canal, including its restoration, due to roadside views of it being blocked by the former [[ExxonMobil Australia|Esso]] corporation headquarters, half of which is commercially let office space and the other half having been re-developed into a  multimillion-dollar Library and Art Gallery.

Sale is home to the [[Gippsland Art Gallery]], a major Victorian public gallery. The gallery presents a diverse exhibition program of contemporary, modern and historical exhibitions, with a focus on the landscape of South Eastern Australia. The gallery holds a collection of nearly 1,000 artworks, with a small selection on permanent view.

A fishing contest is held at Lake Guthridge every Easter and the Sale Music Festival at Gippsland Grammar School in June. The Sale Art Exhibition is held over August and September, while the Sale show falls in October.

As a tribute to the late [[George V|King George V]], an elm-lined section of the Princes Highway is named ''King George V Avenue''.

On 30 May 2009, Sale hosted [[Triple J's One Night Stand]] at the Sale Football Ground.  Sale also has a strong underground music scene; events are held every few months and attract scores of young people.

The John Leslie Theatre (The Wedge)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thewedge.com.au/about/ | title=About }}</ref> is the primary place to view live theatre, ballet and music, but also host conferences and presentations. Large events like the local Carols by Candlelight or Shakespearean performances are often performed outdoors at Fauna Park.

Every Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, the Gippsland Armed Forces Museum is open, featuring local military and significant history and artifacts. In recent times it has moved from its original location on Punt Lane to a bigger building at West Sale Airfield, after the original building was purchased for development works. The museum pays homage to the [[13th Light Horse Regiment (Australia)|13th Australian Light Horse Regiment]], among others.

===Sports===
[[Australian rules football]], [[soccer]], [[basketball]] and [[cricket]] are the most popular sports in Sale. The Gippsland Regional Sports Complex hosts many other sports including basketball, [[association football|Association rules]] football, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, indoor soccer, aerobics, group fitness and gym.

The city has two [[Australian rules football]] teams, [[Sale Football Club|Sale]], competing in the [[Gippsland Football League]] and Sale City, who compete in the [[North Gippsland Football League]].

Sale was one of pioneering centres of [[soccer]] in Gippsland, with a rich history dating back to 1925, where the club played in the North Gippsland Soccer Association (alongside [[Newborough-Yallourn United SC|Yallourn SC]] and clubs from [[Maffra, Victoria|Maffra]], [[Glenmaggie, Victoria|Glenmaggie]] and Nambrok).,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lobley |first=Murray |date=2013-05-31 |title=History of the Yallourn SC, Episode 1 |url=http://www.virtualyallourn.com/stories/history-yallourn-soccer-club-ysc-episode-1by-murray-lobley/ |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=Virtually Yallourn |language=en-US}}</ref> with a league formed in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1926-05-26 |title=Soccer In The Country |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/274802337?searchTerm=North%20Gippsland%20Soccer%20Association |access-date=2024-09-12 |website= The Sun News-Pictorial |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[RAAF Base East Sale]] also later competed in the LVSL.

[[Sale United FC|Sale United]] currently plays in the [[Latrobe Valley Soccer League]] and was crowned as league champions in 1980, as well as Battle of Britain Cup champions in 1955. The club was also the home of future [[National Soccer League]] star [[Marcus Stergiopoulos]].

It is home to the Sale Sonics, a representative basketball team that competes in the Country Basketball League and is renowned for developing many elite [[Australian rules football]] and [[National Basketball League (Australia)|National Basketball League]] players including Billy Hughes, [[Jason Gram]], [[Scott Pendlebury]], [[Dylan McLaren]] and [[Rhys Carter]] .

The city is the home to two [[field hockey]] clubs in the [[East Gippsland Hockey Association]]. The Sale Hockey Club fields teams in juniors mixed under 13s, under 15s, and under 18s along with two women's teams, the Sale Cygnets and the Sale Swans, along with one open team. The under 18s and open teams were champions in the 2008 season.  The Wurruk Greyhounds are the Sale district's second hockey team, located in the satellite town [[Wurruk]].

Sale has a [[Thoroughbred racing in Australia|horse racing club]], the Sale Turf Club, which schedules around 21 race meetings a year including the Sale Cup meeting in October.<ref name="RaceClub">{{Citation | last = Country Racing Victoria | title = Sale Turf Club | url = http://www.countryracing.com.au/clubs/sale/ | access-date = 2010-09-02 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100920174945/http://countryracing.com.au/clubs/sale/ | archive-date = 2010-09-20 }}</ref>

The Sale Greyhound Racing Club holds regular [[Greyhound racing in Australia|greyhound racing]] meetings at the Sale Showgrounds. The Showgrounds hosted the first meeting on 6 February 1936 with newer tracks built in 1963 and 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://historyofgreyhoundracing.com/history-of-the-sale-grc/|title=History of the Sale GRC|publisher=History of Greyhound Racing|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="dogs">{{Citation|last=Greyhound Racing Victoria |title=Sale |url=http://sale.grv.org.au/index.html |access-date=2009-04-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331093521/http://sale.grv.org.au/index.html |archive-date=March 31, 2009 }}</ref>

Golfers play at the course of the Sale Golf Club on Longford–Rosedale Road in neighbouring [[Longford, Victoria|Longford]].<ref name = "golf">{{Citation  | publisher= Golf Select | title = Sale | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=319 | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref>

Sale is also home to a baseball club whose baseball diamonds are located at Stephenson Park.
There are both junior and senior teams competing in the Latrobe Valley Baseball Association.

===Religion===
Several Churches serve the Sale community including [[Catholic]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Parish of Sale - Catholic Diocese of Sale |url=https://www.cdsale.org.au/sale |website=cdsale.org.au}}</ref> [[Anglican]],<ref>{{cite web |title=St Paul's Anglican Cathedral, Sale |url=https://www.stpaulssale.org.au/ |website=www.stpaulssale.org.au}}</ref> [[Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (Australia)|FIEC]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Flooding Creek Community Church |url=https://floodingcreek.com/ |website=Flooding Creek (FCCC) |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref> [[Presbyterian Church of Victoria|Presbyterian]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Sale Church |url=https://www.bairnsdalechurch.org.au/sale |website=BPC |access-date=6 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Uniting Church in Australia|Uniting]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sale Uniting Church |url=https://www.saleunitingchurch.com/ |website=SALE UNITING CHURCH |access-date=6 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref> According to the 2021 census, the most common responses for religion in Sale (Urban Centres and Localities) were no religion 38.8%, Catholic 20.5%, Anglican 13.7%, Uniting Church 3.3%, and Unstated 6.9%.<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 Sale, Census All persons QuickStats - Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/UCL213013 |website=www.abs.gov.au |publisher=Australian Bureau of Statistics |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref> Overall, in 2016, 46.6% of the population nominated a religion, and 45.8% said they had no religion, compared with 43.8% and 45.7% respectively for [[Shire of Wellington|Wellington Shire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Religion - Wellington Shire - Community profile |url=https://profile.id.com.au/wellington-vic/religion?WebID=180 |website=profile.id.com.au |access-date=6 May 2023}}</ref>

===Notable people===
====Arts====
* [[Mary Grant Bruce]], Children's Author<ref>{{cite book| url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bruce-minnie-grant-mary-5399| title=Bruce, Minnie Grant (Mary) (1878–1958)| last=Strahan| first=Lynne| website=anu.edu.au| year=1979| access-date=27 January 2019}}</ref>
* [[Henrietta Maria Gulliver]], Artist, florist and landscape designer<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ronalds|first=B.F.|date=2022|title=A symbiosis of horticulture and painting: Exploring Henrietta Gulliver's gardens through her art|journal=Australian Garden History Journal|volume=33|issue=3 |pages=14–17}}</ref>
* [[Laura Jean McKay]], author
* [[Annemieke Mein]], Dutch-born Australian textile artist
* [[Danny Spencer]], Musician

====Sport====
* [[Shane Birss]], former Australian rules footballer with [[St Kilda Football Club]] and [[Western Bulldogs]]
* [[Travis Birt]], cricketer for Tasmania and Australia 
* [[Rhys Carter]], basketballer
* [[Ashley Delaney]], Olympic swimmer 
* [[Rob Foster]], former Australian rules footballer with the [[Melbourne Football Club]]
* [[Pauline Frasca]], Olympic rower
* [[Jason Gram]], former Australian rules footballer with the [[St Kilda Football Club]] 
* [[Dylan McLaren]], former Australian rules footballer with the [[Brisbane Lions]] and the [[Carlton Football Club]]
* [[Alan Morrow]], former Australian rules footballer with [[St Kilda Football Club]] and 1966 premiership winning player 
* [[Scott Pendlebury]], Australian rules footballer with the [[Collingwood Football Club]]
* [[Marcus Stergiopoulos]], former soccer player with the [[Morwell Falcons]], [[Lincoln City FC]], [[Colombus Crew]] and [[South Melbourne]].
* [[Norman Ware]], former Australian rules footballer with the [[Footscray Football Club]], Brownlow medalist, captain and team of the century

====Politics====
* [[Kevin Andrews (politician)|Kevin Andrews]], Liberal politician
* [[Darren Chester]], Federal [[Division of Gippsland|Member for Gippsland]] (National Party)
* [[Neil McInnes (politician)|Neil McInnes]], State Member for [[Electoral district of Gippsland South|Gippsland South]] 1973–1982, (National Party), (Liberal Party)
* [[Peter Ryan (politician)|Peter Ryan]], former leader of the  Nationals

====TV====
* [[Wil Anderson]], comedian
* [[Mark Howard (broadcaster)|Mark Howard]], commentator