| Garfield Victoria |
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| Population: | 1,401 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3814 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Cardinia | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Bass | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McMillan | ||||||||||||
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Garfield is a town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia situated in the Shire of Cardinia. 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 Drouin is a major service town located in West Gippsland, 90 km east of Melbourne. Bunyip is a town in west Gippsland, Victoria, Australia 3 km from the Princes Highway named after a creature found in Australian 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. Tynong North is a locality in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia within the Shire of Cardinia. Tynong is a town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia located in the Shire of Cardinia. Bunyip is a town in west Gippsland, Victoria, Australia 3 km from the Princes Highway named after a creature found in Australian 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. The Shire of Cardinia is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia, located south-east of Melbourne between the Western Port At the 2006 census, Garfield had a population of 1,401[1]. The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years The area was originally called Cannibal Creek, but was renamed to Garfield in memory of the US President, James Garfield. James Abram Garfield (November 19 1831 September 19 1881 was the twentieth President of the United States.
Garfield has a small primary school with approximately 100 students. There is a church at the top end of the schoolgrounds. Local businesses include a milk bar, ANZ bank, pub, an antique shop, and a bed and breakfast. Milk bar is a term in some parts of Australia for Suburban local shops or General stores They are known as Delicatessens or delis in The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited () commonly called ANZ, is the fourth largest Bank in Australia, after the National Australia Bed and breakfast, also known as B&B, is a term originating in the United Kingdom, but now also used all over the world for an establishment that offers accommodation
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Garfield Filmed
In the late '80s the appearance of the town was transformed for the cameras to look like the 1960s in a television mini series on aboriginal boxer, Lionel Rose, who was raised in the region in Jackson's Track, near Drouin. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. Lionel Edward Rose, MBE (born June 21, 1948) is an Australian Bantamweight boxer, now retired who became the first Drouin is a major service town located in West Gippsland, 90 km east of Melbourne. Some shop fronts were restored and the main street of the town was filled with old cars to recreate the era.
Garfield's Pride
Since the beginnings as a railway and timber town, and later a dairy and potato farming and orchard area, Garfield has always been a close community, with almost everybody knowing everyone else, and in some cases four generations of family staying in the (mainly), farming area. Recent growth has seen a doubling of residential building and the (2006), upgrading of the railway line from Melbourne to Traralgon with increases in frequency of services by upgraded modern trains, is an attraction to new residents. Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. A new housing development currently nearing completion this year (2007), is for over-55's in a secure environment. Previously derelict shops on the main street are now reoccupied.
Garfield's football team "The Stars", have been constant performers in local football for many generations. Garfield has an attractive undulating golf course just out of town. A modern community swimming pool operates in the summer months within the recreation precinct where there is also the lawn-bowling club, tennis and netball courts, skateboarding site, along with the newly regenerated football oval alongside of which is the community hall and children's playground which many local groups utilise for a variety of functions. Garfield's picture theatre, although long closed, is being restored for future multi-entertainment uses, stands as a landmark in the quiet rural hillside town. A six-day-a-week operating post office, a bakery outlet, a pizza shop, milkbar & take-away shop, a combined-churches charity shop, an equestrian outfitter's, a craft and wooden toy shop, a country wares and antiques shop, a "mystic" shop, an automotive garage, a chemist, butcher, real estate office and newsagent and full-time ANZ Bank branch, a unisex hairdresser, plus the "Iona Hotel" make up the occupants on the main street which runs parallel with the railway that dissects the town with the station at its centre. A local architectural engineering firm has been operational since the 1950's. The farming land nearby has an influx of horse-owners in recent years and there is now an emu farm nearby open for emu-derived cosmetics sales and tourist visits. The Emu ( Dromaius novaehollandiae, is the largest Bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the Genus
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See also
Garfield railway station Image:Garfield Community Hall & Sports club rooms. Garfield is a railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line in Garfield, Victoria, Australia. JPG Image:Garfield goods train passing through on Gippsland line. JPG Image:Garfield Main St Eastwards from reserve by rail line. JPG Image:Garfield Picture Theatre in Main Street. JPG;
References
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