Purnim is a township 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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. The town is located 250 kilometres (155 mi) south west of the state capital, Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, on the Hopkins Highway

Hopkins Highway

The Hopkins Highway in south-western Victoria, Australia is a short highway serving to link the Hamilton Highway at Mortlake with the Princes Highway at the port city of Warrnambool....

 midway between Warrnambool

Warrnambool, Victoria

-Cityscape:The original City of Warrnambool was a 4x8 grid, with boundaries of Lava Street , Japan Street , Merri Street and Henna Street . In the nineteenth century, it was intended that Fairy Street – with its proximity to the Warrnambool Railway Station – would be the main street of...

 and Mortlake

Mortlake, Victoria

Mortlake is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia on the Hamilton Highway, north-east of Warrnambool. It is in the Shire of Moyne local government area and the federal Division of Wannon...

. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

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, Purnim and the surrounding area had a population of 459.

Purnim Post Office opened on 1 November 1868.

Buildings of interest are the Purnim Hotel

Australian pubs

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, the abandoned Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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 oval, the primary school, and a church. A milk bar was joined to one of the houses until 2003.