Purnim is a town in

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. The town is located south west of the state capital,

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, on the

Hopkins Highway Hopkins Highway is a short highway in south-western Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, serving to link Hamilton Highway at Mortlake, Victoria, Mortlake with Princes Highway (and the western end of Great Ocean Road nearby) at the port ci ...

midway between

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and

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. At the , Purnim and the surrounding area had a population of 459. Purnim Post Office opened on 1 November 1868. Buildings of interest are the Purnim

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, Purnim

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hall (built in 1901), the

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oval, the primary school, and a church. Purnim has a cricket team that formerly competed in Grassmere Cricket Association, but changed its name to the Northern Raiders and now competes in the

District Cricket Association.

Traditional ownership

The formally recognised

traditional owner Native title is the set of rights, recognised by Australian law, held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive from their maintenance of their traditional laws and customs. These Aboriginal title right ...

s for the area in which Purnim sits are the

Eastern Maar The Eastern Maar people are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples whose traditional lands are in the south-western part of the state of Victoria, Australia. It is a name adopted by a number of Aboriginal Victorian groups who identify as Maar ...

people, who are represented by the

Eastern Maar Aboriginal Corporation The Eastern Maar people are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples whose traditional lands are in the south-western part of the state of Victoria, Australia. It is a name adopted by a number of Aboriginal Victorian groups who identify as Maar ...

(EMAC).

References

Towns in Victoria (state) Western District (Victoria) {{BarwonSouthWest-geo-stub