Longwarry, Victoria

Longwarry
Victoria
Mackay Street
Longwarry is located in Baw Baw Shire
Longwarry
Longwarry
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Coordinates38°06′0″S 145°46′0″E / 38.10000°S 145.76667°E / -38.10000; 145.76667
Population2,436 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3816
Location
LGA(s)
CountyBuln Buln
State electorate(s)Narracan
Federal division(s)Monash
Localities around Longwarry:
Garfield North Labertouche Robin Hood
Bunyip Longwarry Drouin
Iona Ripplebrook Drouin South

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 2,436 at the 2021 census.[1]

It has one primary school, Longwarry Primary School.

Longwarry is bypassed by the Princes Freeway.

History

The railway arrived in 1879 and a post office opened on 20 June 1881. The post office 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Longwarry (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 July 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 22 February 2021
  3. ^ Full Points Footy, Longwarry, archived from the original on 11 October 2008, retrieved 25 July 2008
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