Garfield, Victoria
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Garfield ia a town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia situated in the Shire of Cardinia. The population is approximately 1000. The area was originally called Cannibal Creek, but was renamed to Garfield in memory of the US President, James Garfield.
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.
[edit] Garfield Filmed
In the late '80s the appearance of the town was transformed for the cameras to look like the 1960s in a miniseries on aboriginal boxer, Lionel Rose, who was raised in in the region in Jackson's Track, near Drouin. Some shop fronts were restored and the main street of the town was filled with old cars to recreate the era.
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Beaconsfield | Beaconsfield Upper | Beenak | Bunyip | Cardinia | Clematis | Cockatoo | Cora Lynn | Dewhurst | Emerald | Garfield | Gembrook | Koo Wee Rup | Lang Lang | Maryknoll | Nar Nar Goon | Officer | Pakenham | Rythdale | Tonimbuk | Tynong |
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