Lang Lang, Victoria

Lang Lang
Victoria

Lang Lang
Population: 1,624[1]
Postcode: 3984
Elevation: 2 m (7 ft)
Location:
LGA: Shire of Cardinia
State District: Bass
Federal Division: Flinders

Lang Lang is a town in Victoria, Australia, 73 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Cardinia. At the 2006 Census, Lang Lang had a population of 1501.[1]

The village is just off the South Gippsland Highway near its intersection with the Bass Highway, on the Lang Lang River and is the centre of the largest asparagus growing region in the southern hemisphere, and also caters to beef and dairy farming.

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History

Lang Lang was formerly known as Carrington, after Lord Carrington. The Aboriginal name "Lang Lang" means "Clump of Trees".

The Post Office opened on 20 May 1878. In 1891 after the arrival of the railway it was renamed Lang Lang West and a new Lang Lang office was opened near the station. A Post Office Lang Lang East opened in 1885 but was replaced by Nyora in 1890, again near the station.[2]

The town today

General Motors Holden operates the Lang Lang Vehicle Proving Ground, a vehicle development, durability testing, safety test centre and exhaust emission facility, located on the South Gippsland Highway near Lang Lang.

A rodeo has been held regularly at Lang Lang on Easter Monday since the 1940s.

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Ellinbank & District Football League.[3]

Golfers play at the course of the Lang Lang Golf Club on the South Gippsland Highway, Nyora.[4]

See also

Lang Lang railway station, Victoria

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Lang Lang (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC25967&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-09-15. 
  2. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11 
  3. ^ Full Points Footy, Lang Lang, http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Lang_Lang.htm, retrieved 2008-07-25 
  4. ^ Golf Select, Lang Lang, http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1010, retrieved 2009-05-11 

External links

Suburbs of the Shire of Cardinia