Tooradin
- Local Government Area
- Casey
- Postcode
- 3980
- Population
- 1,722
- Area
- 27.73 km²
- Coordinates
- -38.2010, 145.3836
- Data
- Based on Australian Bureau of Statistics ASGS boundaries, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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About Tooradin
Tooradin is a bayside town on Sawtells Inlet at the northern end of Western Port Bay in the City of Casey, about 58 km south-east of Melbourne on the South Gippsland Highway. Its name comes from the Aboriginal words too-roo-dun, meaning swamp monster or bunyip. Settled as a cattle run in 1840, the town grew around a fishing industry that sent fresh fish to Melbourne by rail after the railway arrived in 1888, and was long known as the Sportsman's Paradise.
Nearby localities
- Blind Bight 4 km
- Dalmore 4 km
- Warneet 6 km
- Clyde (Vic.) 6 km
- Devon Meadows 7 km
- Cardinia 7 km