Carrajung, Victoria
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Carrajung is a town in eastern Victoria
, Australia
. Carrajung is situated between Yarram
and Traralgon
, about 5 kilometres from the Hyland Highway at a height of approximately 520 meters above sea level. Carrajung is situated close to the eastern end of the Grand Ridge Road
.
It has a population of around 100 people. Carrajung has a football
oval, one church,a community hall and a primary school that is now closed.
Carrajung Post Office opened on 1 November 1887 and closed in 1974. Carrajung Lower, nearby, had a Post Office open from 1902 until 1911, and from 1922 until 1969 although known as Bruthen Creek until 1926.
The area once boasted a football team and regular community events, families in the area were mainly dairy farmers, several lived there for successive generations, their family names now are the basis for street names.
Among the earliest were William and Elsie Hall, Bill was a bullock driver and worked at Won Wron, cut his own timber to build their home about 1mile up the grand ridge road. McDermotts lived opposite the school and where a leading family in the area. Bittners came to the area after World War II. Stichlings ran the post office/ store. The oval had a trimmed Cyprus hedge that commemorated the fallen of World War I, the gates still are in place with names of sons lost to war. The hotel was one of the few between Traralgon and Yarram and lost its licence in the late 50's. The region is now almost devoted to tree farming with only a few serious milk farmers left to carry the effort of their forebares.
The seasons are too short and the blackberrys too prolific. Post World War I war settlers were burnt out in the 1939 fires and many walked off their land, the "heartbreak hills" have now been turned back to forest.
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Carrajung is situated between Yarram
Yarram, Victoria
Yarram , is an isolated town in Victoria, Australia, in the Shire of Wellington, located in the southeast of Gippsland. The term 'Yarraam Yarraam' is thought to be an aboriginal phrase meaning 'plenty of water,' however it is not known which language group the name is taken from...
and Traralgon
Traralgon, Victoria
Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Traralgon is a city within the City of Latrobe....
, about 5 kilometres from the Hyland Highway at a height of approximately 520 meters above sea level. Carrajung is situated close to the eastern end of the Grand Ridge Road
Grand Ridge Road
The Grand Ridge Road, partially designated route C484, is a long tourist drive through Gippsland, in Victoria, Australia. 135 kilometres long, it runs from Seaview, to Carrajung, via Hallston, Mirboo North, Gunyah Junction, Ryton Junction, Balook and Blackwarry...
.
It has a population of around 100 people. Carrajung has a football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
oval, one church,a community hall and a primary school that is now closed.
Carrajung Post Office opened on 1 November 1887 and closed in 1974. Carrajung Lower, nearby, had a Post Office open from 1902 until 1911, and from 1922 until 1969 although known as Bruthen Creek until 1926.
The area once boasted a football team and regular community events, families in the area were mainly dairy farmers, several lived there for successive generations, their family names now are the basis for street names.
Among the earliest were William and Elsie Hall, Bill was a bullock driver and worked at Won Wron, cut his own timber to build their home about 1mile up the grand ridge road. McDermotts lived opposite the school and where a leading family in the area. Bittners came to the area after World War II. Stichlings ran the post office/ store. The oval had a trimmed Cyprus hedge that commemorated the fallen of World War I, the gates still are in place with names of sons lost to war. The hotel was one of the few between Traralgon and Yarram and lost its licence in the late 50's. The region is now almost devoted to tree farming with only a few serious milk farmers left to carry the effort of their forebares.
The seasons are too short and the blackberrys too prolific. Post World War I war settlers were burnt out in the 1939 fires and many walked off their land, the "heartbreak hills" have now been turned back to forest.