Longwarry, Victoria
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Coordinates | 38°06′0″S 145°46′0″E / 38.10000°S 145.76667°ECoordinates: 38°06′0″S 145°46′0″E / 38.10000°S 145.76667°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 2,004 (2016)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3816 | ||||||||||||||
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County | Buln Buln | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Narracan | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Monash | ||||||||||||||
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Longwarry is a town in Victoria, Australia, 83 kilometres (52 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shires of Baw Baw and Cardinia local government areas. Longwarry recorded a population of 2,004 at the 2016 Census. Longwarry has one primary school, Longwarry Primary School.
Longwarry is bypassed by the Princes Freeway.
History[]
The Post Office opened on 20 June 1881 some time after the railway arrived in 1879. It was renamed Longwarry South (later Ripplebrook) on 1 September 1882 the same day a new office named Longwarry opened near the railway station.[2]
Longwarry railway station provides rail services to Melbourne as well as Bairnsdale.
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Ellinbank & District Football League.[3]
References[]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Gembrook (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 22 February 2021
- ^ Full Points Footy, Longwarry, retrieved 25 July 2008
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- Towns in Victoria (Australia)
- Towns in West Gippsland
- Bass Coast Shire