Nyora is a town in
South Gippsland,
Victoria,
Australia
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, approximately south-east of
Melbourne's Central Business District
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, located within the Shires of
Baw Baw,
Cardinia and
South Gippsland local government area
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s. Nyora recorded a population of 1,644 at the
2021 census.
[
Nyora is from Lang Lang, and from the nearest beach.
The Post Office opened around September 1890 replacing an office at nearby Lang Lang East open since 1885.]
Transport
Nyora is home to the former V/Line railway station of the same name, which served primarily as a freight and goods transfer facility as well as the branch station for the former Leongatha, Barry Beach, Yarram and Wonthaggi lines. The railway station presently serves as part of the South Gippsland Railway — a community based heritage / tourist railway organisation, with its operations base at Korumburra
Korumburra is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is located on the South Gippsland Highway, south-east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland Shire local government area. At the Korumburra had an urban population of 3,639.
Sur ...
. Nyora was formerly situated along the South Gippsland railway corridor that operated to its terminus at Yarram in the early 1980s and Leongatha in the mid 1990s. A V/Line road coach service replaced the rail service to Leongatha on 24 July 1993, running between Melbourne and Yarram. However, since the closure of the South Gippsland rail line with the exception of the locally run tourist railway between Nyora and Leongatha by the Kennett Victorian government on 14 December 1994, the South and West Gippsland Transport Group represented by the local council are campaigning for the rail services to be reinstated beyond the current terminus at Cranbourne by the 2020s.Rail return an election issue
Sentinel Times 17 December 2013
See also
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Shire of Korumburra
The Shire of Korumburra was a local government area located about southeast of Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, Australia. The shire covered an area of , and existed from 1891 until 1994.
History
Originally part of the Shire of Bu ...
– Nyora was previously within this former local government area.
References
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Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Shire of South Gippsland
Shire of Cardinia