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Tootgarook is a suburb on the
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, south of Melbourne's
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, located within the
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. Tootgarook recorded a population of 3,178 at the 2021 census. Tootgarook is located within Boonwurrung Country.


History

Tootgarook is an Aboriginal word meaning "Croaking of frogs". Tootgarook is located within Boonwurrung Country. The town is named from the pastoral run of J. Purves established adjacent to the west of the Tootgarook Swamp (now Wetland). Purves retained the name as his pre-emptive right. A Tootgarook Post Office opened in 1858 and was renamed
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in 1870. A later Tootgarook Post Office opened on 3 April 1956 when some development took place in the suburb, and closed in 1987


Today

In the same suburb, but extending to neighbouring suburbs, is the Tootgarook Wetland. This wetland is about 300 hectares in size and supports many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna. Most of the wetland is in private ownership and some is vulnerable to development. The local school in the area is Tootgarook Primary School, which currently has 203 students.


See also

* Shire of Flinders – Tootgarook was previously within this former local government area. *
List of places in Victoria (Australia) named from pastoral runs This is a list of places in Victoria, Australia which retain the names of pastoral leases or ''runs'' which were granted from the late 1830s. Introduction The major reference for the leases is from 1866 when they were established throughout Vict ...


References

{{Shire of Mornington Peninsula suburbs Suburbs of Melbourne Suburbs of the Shire of Mornington Peninsula