Newborough is a town in the

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which shares a border to its west, mostly along the Narracan Creek, with the town of Moe. It can be divided into three areas, Old Newborough, East Newborough and North Newborough. The latter two areas were developed by the

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in the 1950s as residential housing for workers at the nearby

Yallourn Yallourn, Victoria was a company town in Victoria, Australia built between 1921 and 1961 to house employees of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), who operated the nearby Yallourn Power Station complex. However, expansion of th ...

coal mining, power generation and briquette making works. Newborough now has a higher than average proportion of retirees and aged residents, and it has been suggested that it owes its generally quiet character to this fact. At the , Newborough had a population of 6,763. Newborough Post Office opened on 1 October 1942 and Newborough East Post Office opened on 1 March 1951. A Newborough North Post Office opened on 1 July 1965 but was closed a little more than a year later. The town is also home to a vibrant artist community, perhaps drawn by the picturesque Gippsland area and the quiet country lifestyle the town offers. Many artists and crafts partisans have set up small businesses. Newborough is serviced by the

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and is within a few kilometres of the

Yallourn Power Station The Yallourn Power Station, now owned by EnergyAustralia is located in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria, Australia, beside the Latrobe River. Yallourn Power Station was a complex of six brown coalfired thermal power stations built progressivel ...

and the township of

Yallourn North Yallourn North is a town in the City of Latrobe, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. It is approximately eight kilometres north-east of Moe, Victoria, Moe, and 146 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. Prior to 1947 Yallourn North was known ...

Newborough is the closest town to Lake Narracan, a storage reservoir for the nearby power stations, but also a popular recreational area.

Education

Primary schools: * Newborough East Primary School * Newborough (Murray Road) Primary School * Immaculate Heart of Mary School Secondary Colleges: * Lowanna Secondary College Tertiary Education: * TAFE Gippsland, Yallourn Campus

Sport

Large sporting events are held locally at the Sports and Recreational Centre on Old Sale Road. The centre contains Bob Whitford Cycling Track and Joe Carmody Athletics Track, an 8-laned synthetic all-weather athletic track, home of Moe Little Athletics Centre and Gippsland Athletics Club. It is the only track of its type in Gippsland. The town has an

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football team competing in the

Mid Gippsland Football League The Mid Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football and netball league in the Latrobe Valley and South Gippsland regions of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. History The Mid Gippsland Football League (MGFL) was founded i ...

. The town also has two

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clubs in the

Latrobe Valley Soccer League Latrobe Valley Soccer League (LVSL) is a soccer league encompassing much of Gippsland and the Latrobe Valley in ( Victoria. As the region with the National Soccer League's only regional participant, as well as being home to multiple Victorian s ...

. The clubs are Monash SC who play at Monash Reserve in Torres Street and

Newborough-Yallourn United SC Newborough-Yallourn United SC is a soccer club based in Newborough, Victoria, Newborough, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. The club was founded in 1923 as ''Yallourn Soccer Club'' before relocating in 1980 and subsequently merging with ''Ne ...

(crowned as champions of Victoria in 1951 whilst still based at Yallourn) who play at WH Burrage Reserve in John Field Drive. Golfers play at the Yallourn Golf Club on Monash Road or the Moe Golf Club on Thompsons Road., both of which adjoin the town. In 2021, the Haunted Hills Mountain Bike Park was opened 4-kilometres from the town centre, on Haunted Hills Road. It provides over 11-kilometres of mountain bike tracks for all skill levels.

References

Towns in Victoria (state) City of Latrobe {{Gippsland-geo-stub

Education

Sport

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