Lindenow is a town in

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, located on Bairnsdale-Dargo Road, in the

Shire of East Gippsland The Shire of East Gippsland is a local government area in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of and as of the had a population of 48,715. It includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Benambra ...

near

Bairnsdale Bairnsdale (locally ) (Gunai language, Ganai: ''Wy-yung'') is a city in East Gippsland, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, situated in a region traditionally inhabited by the Tatungalung clan of the Gunaikurnai people. The estimated popu ...

. At the 2016 census, Lindenow had a population of 449. Lindenow is a small town, with a small centre and hotel. The fertile river flats of Lindenow produce vegetables that are shipped all around Australia and represent premium product.

Mitchell River National Park

Mitchell River National Park surrounds the spectacular

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where it passes between high cliffs. There are several gorges, including the Den of Nargun mentioned in Aboriginal Legends. Remnants of temperate rainforest line some of the gorges. The park is in size and contains some of Gippsland's best forest country.

Football

The town has an

Australian Rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

football team competing in the

East Gippsland Football League The East Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football League in the East Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. History The East Gippsland FL in its present incarnation began in 1974 with the merger of the G ...

. One of the founding clubs of the league in 1974, they are known as the Cats. They won the premiership in 1980, 1986, 1989, 1991 & 2011. The Lindenow South team, the Swampies (Swamp Hawks), has competed in the Omeo & District Football League since 2004. Prior to that they competed in the

Riviera Football League The Riviera Football League was an Australian rules football league in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. History The Riviera FL was created in 1986, when the second division of the East Gippsland Football League broke away to fo ...

from 1986 to 2003.

Railway

Lindenow station was opened in 1888 and closed in 1981.

References

Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of East Gippsland {{Gippsland-geo-stub