Neerim South is a town in West

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, located in the

Shire of Baw Baw The Shire of Baw Baw () is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, in the eastern part of the state. It covers an area of and in 2021 had a population of 57,626. It includes the towns of Drouin, Longwarry, Neerim South, Trafalgar ...

, east of

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and north of

Warragul Warragul () is a town in Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north. As of the , the town had a population of ...

. At the 2021 census, Neerim South had a population of 1,599. The Post Office opened on 1 February 1883. The town was connected to the

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network with the opening of a branch line from the main Gippsland line at

on 18 March 1892, later connecting to

Noojee Noojee is a town in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, north of Warragul and east of Melbourne, in the Baw Baw local government area. At the 2016 census, Noojee and the surrounding area had a population of 157. The town benefits from ...

in 1919. The line closed in 1958. The Neerim South Court of Petty Sessions closed in 1968. Elementary education is provided by Neerim South Primary School. Secondary education is provided at Neerim District Secondary College The town's main industry is service to the local farming community. It contains art galleries, a working Alpaca farm with an Alpaca product shop, cafés, restaurants, a pub and

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s. Until 2008, the bakery still cooked bread in the wood-fired oven built in 1880. The area has numerous wineries, and is known for its

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. The town in conjunction with neighbouring township Neerim has an

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football and netball team (Neerim Neerim South Cats) competing in the

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References

External links

Neerim District website

Neerim-Neerim South Football Club
Towns in Victoria (state) Shire of Baw Baw {{Gippsland-geo-stub