Tonimbuk, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
38°0′S 145°43′E / 38.000°S 145.717°E / -38.000; 145.717Tonimbuk is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 70 kilometres (43 mi) south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Cardinia local government area. Tonimbuk recorded a population of 229 at the 2021 census.[1]
History
A Telegraph Office was open in Tonimbuk from 1953 until 1959.[2]
Devastating fires in early March 2019 almost wiped this town off the map. It has since recovered and, like the state forests and farmlands that surround it, is now growing again.
See also
- Shire of Pakenham – Tonimbuk was previously within this former local government area.
References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tonimbuk (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 April 2021
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Localities in the Shire of Cardinia
- Officer
- Pakenham
- Avonsleigh
- Bayles
- Beaconsfield^
- Beaconsfield Upper
- Bunyip
- Cardinia
- Catani
- Clematis
- Cockatoo
- Cora Lynn
- Emerald^
- Garfield
- Garfield North
- Gembrook
- Guys Hill
- Iona
- Koo Wee Rup
- Lang Lang^
- Longwarry^
- Maryknoll
- Menzies Creek^
- Nar Nar Goon
- Nar Nar Goon North
- Nyora^
- Officer South
- Pakenham South
- Pakenham Upper
- Tonimbuk
- Tooradin^
- Tynong
- Tynong North
- Yannathan
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
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