Flynn, Victoria

Flynn
Victoria
Flynn is located in City of Latrobe
Flynn
Flynn
Coordinates38°11′19″S 146°39′28″E / 38.1885981°S 146.6577343°E / -38.1885981; 146.6577343
Population180 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3844
Location
LGA(s)City of Latrobe
State electorate(s)Morwell
Gippsland South
Federal division(s)Gippsland
Suburbs around Flynn:
Glengarry Glengarry Rosedale
Traralgon East Flynn Rosedale
Loy Yang Gormandale
Flynns Creek		 Willung
Hiamdale

Flynn is a locality in Victoria, Australia, situated on the border of the City of Latrobe and Shire of Wellington.[2] In the 2016 census, Flynn had a population of 180.[1]


A railway station was established on the Gippsland railway line at what was then named Flynn's Creek c. 1880, and was renamed Flynn c. 1910s. It was destaffed in 1926 due to insufficient traffic and was closed permanently in the 1970s.[3][4][5] A post office at the station opened in November 1880, was renamed Flinnstead on 1 July 1894, was renamed again to Flynn on 21 September 1926 and closed on 20 December 1968.[6] A state school and store also once existed in the station precinct.[7][8]

The Princes Highway runs through the locality. A new rest stop was built there in 2017.[9]

The heritage-listed former Staplegrove Meat Works is located in Berkleys Road.[10]

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Flynn (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2 February 2020. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Flynn (entry 101170)". VICNAMES. Government of Victoria. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Flynn Station". Victorian Heritage Inventory. Heritage Council of Victoria. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Former Flynn Station". Victorian Heritage Inventory. Heritage Council of Victoria. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ^ "FLINNSTEAD". Evelyn Observer and South and East Bourke Record. Victoria, Australia. 25 November 1898. p. 2 (MORNING.). Retrieved 11 April 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Flynn's Creek/Flinnstead/Flynn". Post Office Reference. Phoenix Auctions. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. ^ "BOARD OF ADVICE". Traralgon Record. Victoria, Australia. 10 July 1900. p. 3 (MORNING.). Retrieved 11 April 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ "Advertising". The Gippsland Farmers' Journal and Traralgon, Heyfield and Rosedale News. Victoria, Australia. 16 October 1891. p. 4. Retrieved 11 April 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "New Flynn rest stop open for use". Gippsland Times. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Staplegrove Meat Works". Victorian Heritage Register. Heritage Council of Victoria. Retrieved 11 April 2020.