Tinamba, Victoria

Tinamba
Victoria
Tinamba
Population: 500 (2006)[1]
Postcode: 3859
Location:
LGA: Shire of Wellington
State District: Gippsland East
Federal Division: Gippsland

Tinamba is a dairy farming town in Victoria, Australia, located on Traralgon - Maffra Road between Heyfield and Maffra, in the Shire of Wellington. It has an award winning country pub. It also has a church, Engineer works and two dilapidated tennis courts. At the 2006 census Tinamba and the surrounding area had a population of 500. In 2007 Tinamba suffered two 1 in 100 year floods.

Tinamba Railway Station Post Office opened on 1 July 1887 and was renamed Tinamba around 1895.[2]

See also

Tinamba railway station

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Tinamba (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=SSC26781&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-01. 
  2. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=, retrieved 2008-04-11 
Towns in the Shire of Wellington

Alberton • Alberton West • Boisdale • Briagolong • Bushy Park • Carrajung • Coongulla • Cowwarr • Dargo • Glenmaggie • Heyfield • Kilmany • Licola • Loch Sport • Longford • Maffra • Newry • Port Albert • Rosedale • Sale • Seaton • Stratford • Tinamba • Upper Maffra West • Valencia Creek • Woodside · Woodside Beach • Yarram