Bunyip
- Local Government Area
- Cardinia
- Postcode
- 3815
- Population
- 3,131
- Area
- 24.24 km²
- Coordinates
- -38.1000, 145.7190
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Bunyip
Bunyip is a town in Gippsland, Victoria, about 81 kilometres south-east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Cardinia. It takes its name from the bunyip, the mythical swamp-dwelling creature of Aboriginal legend, and grew in the 1870s when it became the terminus of the Gippsland railway line. The town lies at the north-eastern end of the former Koo Wee Rup Swamp, on farming country where dairying and beef production remain important.
Nearby localities
- Garfield 4 km
- Bunyip North 4 km
- Longwarry 5 km
- Longwarry North 6 km
- Iona 6 km
- Vervale 7 km