Yarragon, Victoria

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

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caption = Part of Yarragon's main streetscape looking south.
lga = Shire of Baw Baw
postcode = 3823
est =
pop = 1131 (2006)Census 2006 AUS | id = SSC27087 | name = Yarragon (State Suburb) | accessdate = 2007-10-01 | quick = on]
elevation=
maxtemp =
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rainfall =
stategov = Narracan
fedgov = McMillan
dist1 = 117
dir1 = E
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 17
dir2 = W
location2= Moe
dist3 = 9
dir3 = W
location3= E

Yarragon is a small town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the Princes Highway and the main Gippsland Railway line approximately halfway between the major towns of Warragul and Moe. Hills of the Strzelecki Ranges rise over 400 metres immediately to the south of the town, while the Moe River and the lowlands of the former (now drained) Moe Swamp lie to the north. At the 2006 census, Yarragon had a population of 1131.

History

The town was a centre for dairy farms in the vicinity (a former dairy factory lies to the north of the railway line), as well as logging activities in the heavily forested hills to the south. The Post Office opened around October 1878 as Waterloo, Gippsland and was renamed Yarragon in 1883. 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 ]

Today

Significant expansion of facilities and businesses along Yarragon's main Princes Highway streetscape since the 1990s aimed at capitalising on the tourist potential of passing traffic has resulted in the town being informally dubbed 'Yarragon Village'.

The town has its own railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line.

Yarragon has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Mid Gippsland Football League.

References

External links

* [http://www.yarragon.com.au Yarragon community website]