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Bunyip
Victoria
Population: 2,103 (2006) [1]
Postcode: 3815
Location:
LGA: Shire of Cardinia
State District: Bass
Federal Division: McMillan
Localities around Bunyip:
Garfield North Garfield North Labertouche
Garfield Bunyip Longwarry
Cora Lynn Iona Iona

Bunyip (38°05′S, 145°43′E) is a town in west Gippsland, Victoria, Australia named after a creature found in Australian Aboriginal mythology[2]. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Postcodes are used in Australia for the purposes of sorting and directing Mail. The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Pakenham is an outer satellite suburb 56 km south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, currently growing rapidly and in the process of becoming Drouin is a major service town located in West Gippsland, 90 km east of Melbourne. There are 79 Local Government Areas in the Australian state of Victoria. The Shire of Cardinia is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located south-east of Melbourne between the Western Port State Electoral District is a term used to refer to an electorate within the Lower House or Legislative The Electoral district of Bass is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Division of McMillan is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. Garfield is a town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia situated in the Shire of Cardinia. Longwarry is town of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is bypassed by the Princes Freeway. Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. This article is about a mythical creature There is also a town called Bunyip Victoria The bunyip (usually translated as "devil" For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Australian Aboriginal myths (also known as Dreamtime stories Songlines or Aboriginal Oral literature) are the stories traditionally performed At the 2006 census, Bunyip had a population of 2,103[1]. The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years

Bunyip shopping precinct consists of the following businesses: Post Office, chemist, two Hair dressers, Foodworks, accountants' offices, Bendigo Bank branch, Commonwealth Bank branch, an opportunity shop with proceeds donated to local organisations and a takeaway food shop TASCA. | industry = Post | products = Postal service, Office supplies, Greeting cards | revenue = $4 Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον 'pharmakon' = drug is the Health profession that links the Health sciences with the chemical sciences Bendigo Bank ( operates some 350 branches primarily in Victoria and Queensland. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia ( is the largest bank in Australia. A charity shop, second-hand shop ( UK) thrift shop, thrift store, hospice shop ( U There is also "Chasing Rainbows" Near the Top Pub: a Gift store specializing in unique Gifts,crystals,clothing & jewelry for Men and Women and also The Bunyip Village Cafe And Old Wares which sells takeaway food as well as dine-in meals. Old wares, giftware and jewellery is also available. There is also a wholesale butcher Sheffields Meats. A butcher is someone who prepares various Meats and other related goods for sale There are 2 pubs, the Top Pub and the Bottom Pub (so named locally due to their position on the sloping main street). The Top Pub provides restaurant style meals, while the Bottom Pub incorporates a Chinese restaurant. Every Thursday night the Bottom Pub has an "open mike" music night, where musicians can perform to a live audience.

Bunyip also has a supermarket, a newsagent, a bakery, hardware store, pizza shop, video rental shop, beauty salon. Customer divider barjpg|thumb|In supermarkets sellers periodically change prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions rather than negotiating the price of each good A newsagent ( British English) newsagency ( Australian English) or newsstand ( American English) is often a small business that sells A bakery (also called baker's or bakehouse) is an establishment which produces or/and sells Bread, pies pastries Cakes Biscuits Hardware stores sell Hardware: for instance Fasteners keys, locks, Hinges Wire, chains Plumbing Pizza (ˈpiːtsə, in Italian:) is a popular dish made with an Oven -baked flat generally round Bread that is covered with tomatoes or a tomato-based A rental shop is a business that allows a Consumer to temporarily obtain a reusable good or Product for a specified period of time in exchange for payment Bunyip has its own annual show, with categories for horses, dogs, cats, cookery, art work and a host of other categories. Bunyip also has a wildlife sanctuary, which is a real bird watchers paradise, with over 50 different birds having been sighted.

Bunyip has a State School with around 250 pupils enrolled and there is also "Columba" a Catholic school. State school is an expression used in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom to distinguish schools provided by the government from privately The pupil is the hole that is located in the center of the iris of the eye and that controls the amount of light that enters the Eye. Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". 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 is a railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line in Bunyip, Victoria, Australia. This article is about the V/Line service For the railway itself see Orbost railway line The Bairnsdale Line is a regional passenger rail It is 3 kilometres off the Princes Highway. The Princes Highway is a segment of Australia's Highway 1 that extends from Sydney to Adelaide and Port Augusta South Australia

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). The Australian Bureau of Statistics ( ABS) is Australia 's national statistical agency. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Bunyip (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-09-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy.
  2. ^ Australian Places - Bunyip, victoria (web archive)

See also

External links

Bunyip State Park is a 166 square kilometre state park 65 km east of Melbourne, near the town of Gembrook.
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