Yinnar, Victoria

Yinnar
Victoria
Yinnar is located in City of Latrobe
Yinnar
Yinnar
Coordinates38°19′S 146°19′E / 38.317°S 146.317°E / -38.317; 146.317
Population907 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3869
Location
LGA(s)City of Latrobe
CountyBuln Buln
State electorate(s)Morwell
Federal division(s)Gippsland
Localities around Yinnar:
Hazelwood Morwell Churchill
Thorpdale Yinnar Jeeralang Junction
Mirboo North Boolarra Yinnar South

Yinnar is a rural Australian township located in the Latrobe Valley in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Yinnar had a population of 907. The origin of the name "Yinnar" is believed to have been derived from the local Aboriginal term yinnar, meaning "woman".[2]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yinnar (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2017. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Mickelethwaite Curr, Edward (1886). "The Australian Race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent", J. Ferres, p. 320.