Longford, Victoria

Longford, Victoria

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


caption =
lga = Shire of Wellington
postcode = 3851
est =
pop = 929
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Gippsland South
fedgov = Gippsland
dist1 = 216
dir1 = E
location1= Melbourne
location2=
dist2 = 13
dir2 = S
location12= Sale

Longford is a town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. At the 2006 census, Longford and the surrounding area had a population of 929.Census 2006 AUS
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name=Longford (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-08-04
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In September 1998, a large explosion at an Esso operated oil and natural gas processing plant was responsible for an almost complete shutdown of Victoria's natural gas supply for weeks thereafter. At 12:25pm 25 September 1998 the weld on GP905 cracked and the exchanger failed catastrophically instantly killing two people. A Royal Commission subsequently found that Esso breached health and safety rules, and was responsible for the explosion.

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