Tinamba

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Tinamba
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Tinamba
Coordinates: 37°58′S146°53′E / 37.967°S 146.883°E / -37.967; 146.883
Country Australia
State Victoria
LGA
Location
Government
   State electorate
   Federal division
Population
  Total500 (2006 census) [1]
Postcode
3859

Tinamba is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Traralgon - Maffra Road between Heyfield and Maffra, in the Shire of Wellington. It has a country pub, 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. Retrieved 1 October 2007.
  2. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List , retrieved 23 March 2021