Local Government Area
East Gippsland
Postcode
3902
Population
326 (2021 census)
Area
22.80 km²
Coordinates
-37.8203, 147.8081
Data
Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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About Johnsonville

Johnsonville is a small town on the Princes Highway in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, about 19 km east of Bairnsdale and 18 km west of Lakes Entrance. It grew from a crossing place on the Tambo River, where a punt began operating in the 1870s, and is named after John Johnson, who owned the local Swan Reach run in the 1850s. Settlement intensified in the 1880s with a timber mill, post office and school, and the town became a minor river port.

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