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Korumburra
Victoria
Commercial Street
Population4,465 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3950
Location
LGA(s)South Gippsland Shire
CountyBuln Buln
State electorate(s)Gippsland South
Federal division(s)McMillan

Korumburra /ˌkʌrəmˈbʌrʌ/ is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is located on the South Gippsland Highway, 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland Shire local government area.

Surrounded by rolling green hills, the town is 227 metres (745 ft) above the sea level of coastal Inverloch, about 28 km (17 mi) away. At the 2006 census, Korumburra had a population of 4465.

History

The Post Office in the area opened on 1 September 1884, and moved to the township on the railway survey line on 1 November 1889, the existing office being renamed Glentress.[2] The railway arrived in 1891.[citation needed]

The town has also enjoyed a wave of migration of European migrants who have added to the town's growth and culture. Antonio Radovick "Father of Korumburra" was the most successful Croatian pioneer in Victoria who contributed to the start and growth of the town in the 1890s and 1900s.[citation needed] There is a street bearing the name Radovick near the middle hotel.[citation needed] One of the old Korumburra Shire Council shire presidents was Italian migrant Vincenzo Fava [1990] which shows the contribution of Italians in Korumburra.[citation needed]

Today

Korumburra is known as the "Heritage Centre of South Gippsland". It is the home of Coal Creek Community Park and Museum. This village depicts life in the area over the period from the 1870s to 1920s, as the town rapidly expanded following the discovery of a coal seam.[citation needed] The outdoor museum covers 12 hectares of bushland, including 60 exhibits. These include the Giant Earthworm, National Bank, Anzac exhibit, Mining exhibits, Dairy exhibit at the Boston Carriageworks and Railway Museum. The Park is free entry and open Thursdays to Mondays during termtime and seven days a week during school holidays. A tramway runs on weekends around the lower end of the park encompassing an old-time farm and bush oval.[citation needed] Many local organisations use the Park and environs and special events are held during the year.[citation needed]

Other town attractions include the Olympic pool (open November–March), two-court basketball stadium, art gallery, the South Gippsland tourist railway.[citation needed] The town's main industries include dairy and beef.[citation needed] The region is home to the world's largest earthworms[citation needed]. The town is also home to Burra Foods, which is a dairy company.[citation needed]

The town in conjunction with neighbouring township Bena has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Alberton Football League.[3]

The town has a soccer team, the Korumburra City Soccer Club, competing in the South Gippsland Soccer League as well as an affiliation to the Spence Pro Soccer Academy.[citation needed]

Golfers play at the course of the Korumburra Golf Club on Warragul Road. (In the winter of 2005, Korumburra was blanketed in snow for the first time in almost twenty years. Local residents were seen skiing the tenth fairway at the Korumburra Golf Club.)[4][5]

The town is now being developed with large areas of former farm land being developed for new residential estates, which within the next ten years will expand the size and population of the township by 75 to 100 percent.[citation needed]

In DC Comics, Korumburra, spelled Kurrumburra, is the home town of The Flash's notorious nemesis, Captain Boomerang.[citation needed]

Transport

Main article: Korumburra railway station, Victoria

Korumburra is also the base of the popular tourist railway South Gippsland Railway which operates a heritage railway service between the major centres of Leongatha and the market town of Nyora (formerly the junction to the Wonthaggi line).[citation needed] Heritage trains are operated each Sunday and on public holidays. Korumburra was formerly situated along the South Gippsland railway corridor that operated to its terminus at Yarram in the early 1980s and Leongatha in the mid 1990s.[citation needed] A V/Line road coach service replaced the rail service on July 24, 1993, running between Melbourne and Yarram.[citation needed] However, since the closure of the South Gippsland rail line with the exception of the locally run tourist railway between Nyora and Leongatha by the Kennett Victorian government on December 14, 1994, the South and West Gippsland Transport Group represented by the local council are campaigning for the rail services to be reinstated beyond the current terminus at Cranbourne by the 2020s.[citation needed] The line beyond Leongatha is being used as a rail trail for public use and also the former Wonthaggi line.[citation needed] Dandenong - Cranbourne is being used by the Melbourne Suburban train company, while the section beyond Cranbourne - Nyora is in an unusable state for trains to operate and is yet to have its fate decided.[6][7]

Earthquakes

On 6 March 2009 an earthquake registering 4.7 on the Richter scale was recorded 7 km (4 mi) west of Korumburra.[8] A second magnitude 4.7 tremor was recorded two weeks later on 18 March 2009; the epicentre was 5 km (3 mi) north of the town.[9] No damage was reported.[10]

As of 2 April 2009, fifteen earthquakes and aftershocks have been recorded around the town during 2009.[11]

On 5 July 2011, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake with the epicentre on Korumburra was felt over much of suburban Melbourne as well.[12]

Notable people

Notable people from Korumburra include:

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Korumburra.

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Korumburra (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
  2. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  3. ^ Full Points Footy. "Korumburra-Bena". Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Rachel, Kleinman; Shtargo, Sasha (11 August 2005). "Victoria's feeling for snow". The Age. Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  5. ^ Golf Select. "Korumburra". Retrieved 2009-05-11.
  6. ^ Cranbourne Transit website, accessed 23 November 2006
  7. ^ http://www.sgst.com.au/rail-return-an-election-issue/
  8. ^ "Recent Earthquake : N of Korumburra VIC". Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  9. ^ "Recent Earthquake : Korumburra, VIC". 18 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  10. ^ The Age Melbourne hit by tremor March 18, 2009. Retrieved March 18, 2009.
  11. ^ "Recent earthquakes measured by Geoscience Australia". Retrieved 2009-04-02.
  12. ^ "Earthquake report from Geoscience Australia".
  13. ^ "Bruce Hungerford Collection". University of Maryland University Libraries. University of Maryland. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  14. ^ Keating, Gavin Michael. "Savige, Sir Stanley George (1890–1954)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  15. ^ Dalkin, R.N. "Bladin, Francis Masson (1898–1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 12 December 2016.


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