| Tynong Victoria |
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| Population: | 326 (2006) [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3813 | ||||||||||||
| Elevation: | 135 m (443 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Cardinia | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Bass | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McMillan | ||||||||||||
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Tynong is a town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia located 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 elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 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 Berwick ( pronounced Berrick) is a Suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located south-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. Tynong North is a locality in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia within the Shire of Cardinia. Nar Nar Goon is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia located near Pakenham in the Shire of Cardinia. Garfield is a town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia situated in the Shire of Cardinia. 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 The name comes from an Australian Aboriginal phrase meaning "many fish". This is an article about a class of people as identified and defined within Australian law At the 2006 census, Tynong had a population of 326. The Australian census is administered by the Australian Bureau of Statistics every five years [1]
Places of interest include Gumbuya Park, Mill Valley Ranch and Tynong railway station. Gumbuya Park is a small amusement park in Tynong North Victoria, near Pakenham, Melbourne, Australia. Mill Valley Ranch is a Christian Youth Camp in Tynong North, 70 km South East of Melbourne, Victoria Australia. Tynong is a railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line in Tynong, Victoria, Australia.
Notable for the granodiorite quarried from the township for the construction of the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance, picture below were take in the late 70's by a local resident.
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Tynong Quarry |
Miners Hut |