New Gisborne, Victoria
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New Gisborne is a suburb of Gisborne
Gisborne, Victoria
Gisborne is a town located approximately northwest of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. As it is close to Melbourne, but in attractive countryside, it is proving an increasingly popular place to settle. The town was named after Henry Fyshe Gisborne , the first Commissioner for Crown Lands of the...

 in Victoria
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
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, located in the Shire of Macedon Ranges. The railway station
Gisborne railway station, Victoria
Gisborne is a railway station on the Echuca and Swan Hill railway lines in Victoria, Australia. It is 66km from Southern Cross station. The station is located in New Gisborne.-Services:...

 on the Bendigo line also services Gisborne. A bus service has connected the railway station to Gisborne since 2008. 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,...

, New Gisborne had a population of 1766.
There are a number of primary schools in the area including The Gisborne Montessori School, Holy Cross Primary School and New Gisborne Primary School.

New Gisborne Post Office opened on 1 September 1861.
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