Narrawong is a small town in south west
Victoria
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,
Australia located on the
Princes Highway to the east of
Portland
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at the mouth of the
Surrey River.
Narrawong Post Office opened on 1 March 1859.
At the
2016 census, Narrawong had a population of 160.
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The Narrawong District Primary School is the town's primary school. It was formed after an amalgamation of the Narrawong Primary School, the Narrawong East Primary School and the Tyrendarra Primary School in 1994.[http://narrawongdistrictps.vic.edu.au/]
Traditional ownership
The formally recognised traditional owners
Native title is the designation given to the common law doctrine of Aboriginal title in Australia, which is the recognition by Australian law that Indigenous Australians (both Aboriginal Australian and Torres Strait Islander people) have right ...
for the area in which Narrawong sits are the Gunditjmara
The Gunditjmara or Gunditjamara, also known as Dhauwurd Wurrung, are an Aboriginal Australian people of southwestern Victoria. They are the traditional owners of the areas now encompassing Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Woolsthorpe and Portland. Th ...
PeopleGunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation
The Gunditjmara or Gunditjamara, also known as Dhauwurd Wurrung, are an Aboriginal Australian people of southwestern Victoria. They are the traditional owners of the areas now encompassing Warrnambool, Port Fairy, Woolsthorpe and Portland. Thei ...
.
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Coastal towns in Victoria (Australia)
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