Longwarry, Victoria
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| Population: | 1,187 (2006) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3816 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Baw Baw | ||||||||||||
| County: | Buln Buln | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Division of McMillan | ||||||||||||
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Longwarry is a town in Victoria, Australia, situated 83 kilometres (52 mi) south-east of Melbourne. It is bypassed by the Princes Freeway. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Baw Baw.
[edit] 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.[1]
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.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11
- ^ Full Points Footy, Longwarry, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Longwarry.htm, retrieved 2008-07-25
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