Goongerah is a community on the Brodribb River, located in
Gippsland
Gippsland is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia, mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers ...
,
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
, near
Mount Ellery
Mount Ellery ( Gunai: ''Barumpa''), with an elevation of AMSL, is a mountain that is part of the Errinundra Plateau within the Errinundra National Park, located in the East Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria
Victoria most ...
. The town's population is about sixty.
Goongerah Post Office opened on 21 November 1952 and closed in 1974.
Goongerah had one of the smallest primary schools in Victoria, with about 11 students. It closed in 2019.
Goongerah is home t
GECO(the Goongerah Environment Centre Office), which is dedicated to fighting for the protection of native forests in East Gippland from logging, such as
Goolengook
The Goolengook valley is a remote forested region of south-eastern Australia, located near Orbost in the far eastern corner of Victoria. It contains a number of forest types including a rare warm temperate/cool temperate "Overlap Rainforest".
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.
References
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Shire of East Gippsland
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