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| Population: | 2,103 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3815 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Cardinia | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Bass | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McMillan | ||||||||||||
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Bunyip is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, 77 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2006 Census, Bunyip had a population of 2103.[1]
Bunyip is named after a creature found in Australian Aboriginal mythology.[2]
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History
A township was established here alongside the Bairnsdale railway line when it arrived in 1877. The Post Office opened around November 1877 and was known as Bunyip R. S.[3] until 1903.[4]
Commercial
The Bunyip shopping precinct consists of a wide variety of businesses. These include a post office, chemist, two hair dressers, a pizzeria, a grocery store, accountants' offices, a bakery, a newsagent, banks, a butcher, a video rental shop, a hardware store, two pubs (named the Top Pub and the Bottom Pub due to their position on the sloping main street) and some takeaway food shops. Bunyip has an "opportunity shop", with proceeds donated to local organisations.
Attractions
Bunyip has an annual agricultural show with categories for horses, dogs, cats, cookery, art work and many others.
Bunyip has a wildlife sanctuary which is popular with bird watchers. Over fifty different types of birds have been sighted there.
Every Thursday night the Bottom Pub has an "open mike" music night where musicians can perform to a live audience.
Facilities
Bunyip has a State School with around 250 pupils enrolled. "Columba" is the name of a Catholic school in Bunyip.
Bunyip also has two kindergartens and a play group. Bunyip has an aged care facility which has recently been renovated and extended.
Opposite the "Hill View Hostel" is the medical clinic. Bunyip has a railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line and is in the growth corridor.
Bunyip has an Australian Rules football team playing in the Ellinbank & District Football League.[5]
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Bunyip (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC25267&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
- ^ Australian Places - Bunyip, victoria (web archive)
- ^ R. S. is an acronym for Railway Station
- ^ 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, Bunyip, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/bunyip.htm, retrieved 2009-04-15
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Coordinates: 38°05′S 145°43′E / 38.083°S 145.717°E
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