Tootgarook, Victoria

Tootgarook
MelbourneVictoria
Tootgarook Recreation Reserve
Tootgarook is located in Melbourne
Tootgarook
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Coordinates38°22′26″S 144°50′56″E / 38.374°S 144.849°E / -38.374; 144.849
Population3,178 (2021 census)[1]
 • Density883/km2 (2,290/sq mi)
Established1850[2][3][4]
Postcode(s)3941
Area3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Mornington Peninsula
State electorate(s)Nepean
Federal division(s)Flinders
Suburbs around Tootgarook:
Port Phillip
Rye Tootgarook Capel Sound
Cape Schanck Boneo

Tootgarook (/ˈtʊtɡərʊk/ TUUT-gə-ruuk) is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 62 km (39 mi) south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Tootgarook recorded a population of 3,178 at the 2021 census.[1] Tootgarook is located within Boonwurrung Country.

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tootgarook (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 July 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). Vol. II, no. 463. Victoria, Australia. 9 May 1850. p. 4. Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia. , ...COUNTY OF MORNINGTON. / No. | NAME. | EXTENT OF RUN. | NAME OF RUN. | SITUATION. / 17 | Smith, George | 20 Square miles | Tootgarook . . | Port Phillip Bay...
  3. ^ "The Smiths of Early Melbourne". The Australasian. Vol. CXXXI, no. 4, 313. Victoria, Australia. 5 September 1931. p. 4. Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia., ... and being interested in Tootgarook (Dromana) with Edward William Hobson. he married the widow of Dr. Edmond Charles Hobson in 1849...
  4. ^ "Pastoral Pioneers". The Australasian. Vol. CXL, no. 4, 558. Victoria, Australia. 16 May 1936. p. 4 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia., ...Mrs. Waterfield was a sister of James Purves, who in association with George Smith, of the Lamb Inn, afterwards Scott's Hotel, and Edward Hobson, of Kangarong and Tootgarook, did much for the early stock-breeding industry of Port Phillip, particularly light horses...