Buln Buln is a small town in West Gippsland

West Gippsland

West Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, extends from the southeastern limits of metropolitan Melbourne and Western Port Bay in the west to the Latrobe Valley in the east, and is bounded by the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau in the Great Dividing...

, approximately 8 kilometres north of Warragul

Warragul, Victoria

Warragul is a rural centre with a population of 12,943 people east-southeast of Melbourne in Victoria. Warragul lies between the Strzelecki Ranges to the south and the Mount Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range to the north...

. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Buln Buln had a population of 810.

History

The Post Office opened as Brandy Creek on 1 April 1873 and became Buln Buln in 1874 (closing in 1973).

The Town today

The town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Ellinbank & District Football League

Ellinbank & District Football League

The Ellinbank and District Football League is an Australian rules football League, based in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, for both seniors and juniors. The EDFL was founded in 1937.15 teams compete in the league, the newest team being Garfield FC...

., the Buln Buln Lyrebirds, dating back at least to World War I.

Buln Buln Primary School was established in 1878. It has a current (2010) enrolment of 110. Its motto is "Our children, our community, our future", and its symbol is a Superb Lyrebird

Superb Lyrebird

The Superb Lyrebird is a pheasant-sized songbird, approximately 100cm long, with brown upper body plumage, grayish-brown below, rounded wings and strong legs...

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