Gippsland

Gippsland Region
Victoria
John Longstaff's Gippsland, Sunday night, 20 February 1898, depicting the "Red Tuesday" bushfires that ravaged Gippsland
Gippsland Region is located in Victoria
Gippsland Region
Gippsland Region
The location of Bairnsdale, a town in Gippsland
Coordinates37°51′S 147°35′E / 37.850°S 147.583°E / -37.850; 147.583
Population271,266 (2016 census)[Note 1]
 • Density6.52772/km2 (16.90672/sq mi)
Area41,556 km2 (16,044.9 sq mi)
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Location120 km (75 mi) E of Melbourne
LGA(s)
State electorate(s)
Federal division(s)
Localities around Gippsland Region:
Hume Hume New South Wales
Greater Melbourne Gippsland Region Tasman Sea
Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait

Gippsland (pronounced /ˈɡɪpslænd/)[1] is a rural region that makes up the southeastern part of Victoria, Australia,[2] mostly comprising the coastal plains to the rainward (southern) side of the Victorian Alps (the southernmost section of the Great Dividing Range). It covers an elongated area of 41,556 km2 (16,045 sq mi) located further east of the Shire of Cardinia (Melbourne's outermost southeastern suburbs) between Dandenong Ranges and Mornington Peninsula, and is bounded to the north by the mountain ranges and plateaus/highlands of the High Country (which separate it from Hume region in Victoria's northeast), to the southwest by the Western Port Bay, to the south and east by the Bass Strait and the Tasman Sea, and to the east and northeast by the Black–Allan Line (the easternmost section of the Victoria/New South Wales state border).[3]

The Gippsland region is generally divided by the Strzelecki Ranges and tributaries of the Gippsland Lakes into five statistical sub-regions — namely the West Gippsland, South Gippsland, Latrobe Valley, Central Gippsland and East Gippsland. As at the 2016 Australian census, Gippsland had a population of 271,266, with the principal population centres of the region, in descending order of population, Traralgon, Warragul, Drouin, Bairnsdale, Moe, Sale, Morwell, Wonthaggi, Leongatha, and Phillip Island. Gippsland is best known for its primary production such as mining, power generation and farming as well as its tourist destinations — Phillip Island, Wilsons Promontory, the Gippsland Lakes, Walhalla, the Baw Baw Plateau, and the Strzelecki Ranges. Gippsland also traditionally includes around 100 islands, mainly between the mainland and Tasmania.


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  1. ^ Feagins, Lucy (28 June 2021). A Perfect Day in South Gippsland. Visit Melbourne in partnership with The Design Files. Event occurs at 00:00:05 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ "Meaning of Regional Victoria". Department of State Development, Business and Innovation (MS Word requires download). State Government of Victoria. 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Victoria's Gippsland Region". Regional Development Victoria. State Government of Victoria. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.