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 television mini series on aboriginal boxer, Lionel Rose, who was raised 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.

[edit] Garfield's Pride

Since the towns beginnings, Garfield has had a close community, with almost everybody knowing everyone else, and in some cases 4 generations of family staying in the area. Garfield's football team the Stars have been constant performers in local football. Garfield had a picture theatre, although now long closed, it still stands as a landmark of the quiet town.

Suburbs of the Shire of Cardinia
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