Tawonga

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Tawonga
Town
The Bogong Hotel at Tawonga (destroyed by fire in 2011)[3]
The Bogong Hotel at Tawonga (destroyed by fire in 2011)[3]
Tawonga is located in Alpine Shire
Tawonga
Tawonga
Coordinates: 36°38′0″S 147°06′0″E / 36.63333°S 147.10000°E / -36.63333; 147.10000
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGA
Location
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Elevation
330 m (1,080 ft)
Population
 • Total568 (2021 census)[2]
Postcode
3697
Mean max temp20.3 °C (68.5 °F)
Mean min temp7.4 °C (45.3 °F)
Annual rainfall1,017 mm (40.0 in)

Tawonga is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Kiewa Valley Highway, in the Alpine Shire local government area, 350 kilometres (217 mi) northeast of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Tawonga had a population of 568.[2]

Tawonga Post Office opened on 4 October 1879.[4]

December 5th 2011 the Country Fire Authority was alerted of a fire at the 125 year old Bogong pub. The building was destroyed.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tawonga (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b "2021 Census QuickStats Tawonga". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  3. ^ Holroyd, Jane. "Fire razes historic country pub". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  4. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 22 March 2021
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