Purnim, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Purnim
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Moyne
postcode = 3278
coordinates = coord|38|16|30|S|142|37|30|E|type:city_region:AU|display=inline,title
est =
pop = 459
pop_footnotes=
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
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stategov = South West Coast
fedgov = Wannon
dist1 = 250
dir1 = WSW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 20
dir2 = NE
location2= Warrnambool
dist3 = 31
dir3 = SW
location3= Mortlake

Purnim is a township in Victoria, Australia. The town is located convert|250|km|mi|0|lk=on south west of the state capital, Melbourne, on the Hopkins Highway midway between Warrnambool and Mortlake. At the 2006 census, Purnim and the surrounding area had a population of 459.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC26491
name=Purnim (State Suburb)
accessdate=2008-06-16
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Purnim Post Office opened on 1 November 1868. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

Buildings of interest are the Purnim Hotel, the abandoned Australian rules football oval, the primary school, and a church. A milk bar was joined to one of the houses until 2003.

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