Leongatha Victoria
Leongatha, looking east (1906)
Population:	4818 (2006 Census)
Postcode:	3953
Elevation:	88 m (289 ft)
Location:	135 km (84 mi) SE of Melbourne 59 km (37 mi) SW of Morwell 39 km (24 mi) NW of Wonthaggi
LGA:	South Gippsland Shire
State District:	Gippsland South
Federal Division:	McMillan
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Leongatha is a town in the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges, South Gippsland Shire, Victoria, Australia, located 135 kilometres (84 mi) south-east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland Highway. Inches redirects here To see the Les Savy Fav album see Inches. Strzelecki Ranges, also known as Strzelecki Hills is a low mountain range situated in the Gippsland region of south-eastern Australia between the Latrobe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. 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 The South Gippsland Highway is a dual-carriageway highway in Victoria, Australia which connects the city of Melbourne with the South Gippsland The town is the commercial,religious, educational and civic centre of the region. At the 2006 census, Leongatha had a population of 4818. The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years The Murray-Goulburn Dairy Co-operative, which trades under the Devondale label, has a processing plant just north of the town producing milk-based products for Australian and overseas markets. A dairy is a facility for the extraction and processing of animal Milk &mdashmostly from goats or cows, but also from buffalo, Sheep It is also the largest milk factory in the southern hemisphere.

First settlement of the area by Europeans occurred in 1845, and the opening of the railway line from Melbourne in 1892 stimulated further settlement. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

Contents 1 Tourism 2 Famous People 3 See also 4 References

Tourism

• The Daffodil Festival is held annually in September.
• The South Gippsland Railway runs historical diesel locomotives and railcars between Nyora and Leongatha, passing through Korumburra. The South Gippsland Railway is a tourist railway located in south Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Nyora is a town in south Gippsland, Australia. The Post Office opened around September 1890 replacing an office at nearby Lang Lang East open since 1885 Korumburra is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is located on the South Gippsland Highway, kilometres south-east of Melbourne
• The railway line from Leongatha to Foster has been converted into the Great Southern Rail Trail, for the shared use of horseriding, walking and cycling. Foster is a dairying and grazing town south-east of Melbourne on the South Gippsland Highway in Victoria, Australia. The Great Southern Rail Trail is a Rail trail from Leongatha to Foster in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia.

Famous People

• Steven Wallis

See also

• Leongatha Airport

References

Leongatha Airport is located at Leongatha, Victoria, Australia.

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