Longwarry
title: "Longwarry" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["towns-in-victoria-(state)", "bass-coast-shire", "shire-of-cardinia"] topic_path: "general/towns-in-victoria-state" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwarry" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox Australian place | type = town"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Longwarry |
| state | vic |
| image | Longwarry Mackay Street.jpg |
| caption | Mackay Street |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_label_position | right |
| use_lga_map | yes |
| lga | Shire of Baw Baw |
| lga2 | Shire of Cardinia |
| postcode | 3816 |
| pop | 2,436 |
| pop_year | |
| pop_footnotes | |
| county | Buln Buln |
| stategov | Narracan |
| fedgov | Monash |
| dist1 | 83 |
| location1 | Melbourne |
| dist2 | 9 |
| location2 | Drouin |
| near-nw | Garfield North |
| near-n | Labertouche |
| near-ne | Robin Hood |
| near-w | Bunyip |
| near-e | Drouin |
| near-sw | Iona |
| near-s | Ripplebrook |
| near-se | Drouin South |
| local_map | yes |
| zoom | 11 |
| :: |
| name = Longwarry | state = vic | image = Longwarry Mackay Street.jpg | caption = Mackay Street | coordinates = | pushpin_label_position = right | use_lga_map = yes | lga = Shire of Baw Baw | lga2 = Shire of Cardinia | postcode = 3816 | pop = 2,436 | pop_year = | pop_footnotes = | est = | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | county = Buln Buln | stategov = Narracan | fedgov = Monash | dist1 = 83 | location1= Melbourne | dist2 = 9 | location2= Drouin | near-nw = Garfield North | near-n = Labertouche | near-ne = Robin Hood | near-w = Bunyip | near-e = Drouin | near-sw = Iona | near-s = Ripplebrook | near-se = Drouin South | local_map = yes | zoom = 11
Longwarry is a town in Victoria, Australia, 83 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shires of Baw Baw and Cardinia local government areas. Longwarry recorded a population of 2,436 at the 2021 census.
It has one primary school, Longwarry Primary School.
Longwarry is bypassed by the Princes Freeway.
History
The railway arrived in 1879 and a post office opened on 20 June 1881. The post office was renamed Longwarry South (later Ripplebrook) on 1 September 1882, the same day a new office, named Longwarry, opened near the railway station.
Longwarry railway station provides rail services to Melbourne as well as Bairnsdale.
The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Ellinbank & District Football League.
References
References
- {{Census 2021 AUS
- Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List".
- Full Points Footy. "Longwarry".
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