Jumbunna was a railway station on the Outtrim line in
South Gippsland
South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promonto ...
,
Victoria
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,
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. The station was opened in 1894, and was one of only three stations on the Outtrim line which was eventually closed in two stages between 1951 and 1953, when
Victorian Railways
The Victorian Railways (VR), trading from 1974 as VicRail, was the state-owned operator of most rail transport in the Australian state of Victoria from 1859 to 1983. The first railways in Victoria were private companies, but when these companie ...
was closing many other small branch lines.
The original station, now converted into a 3 bedroom house, and miniature railway was put up for sale in late 2006.
See also
*Jumbunna, Victoria
Jumbunna is a town in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. The name is taken from the eastern Kulin language of the Bunnerong tribe and means "a place to meet and talk".
Today the community of Jumbunna consists of 13 houses and about 30 reside ...
References
Disused railway stations in Victoria (state)
Transport in Gippsland (region)
Shire of South Gippsland
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