Waratah Bay, Victoria
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Waratah Bay is a town in the South Gippsland
region of Victoria
, Australia
, on the shore of Waratah Bay
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The town is named after the bay which was named after a ship the Waratah which anchored here for repairs when damaged.
A Post Office named Waratah Bay opened on 10 August 1885, but was at nearby Walkerville
and was renamed as such in 1892.
South Gippsland
South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost point of Victoria and mainland...
region of 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
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...
, on the shore of Waratah Bay
Waratah Bay
Waratah Bay is located in south Gippsland, Victoria. The bay is an arc of almost 20 kilometres of flat sandy beach framed by Cape Liptrap to the west and Wilsons Promontory in the east.-Surrounding townships:...
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The town is named after the bay which was named after a ship the Waratah which anchored here for repairs when damaged.
A Post Office named Waratah Bay opened on 10 August 1885, but was at nearby Walkerville
Walkerville, Victoria
Walkerville Victoria, Australia, is a tiny fishing village on Waratah Bay in southwest Gippsland, about 190 km southeast of Melbourne. The small town, originally known as Waratah, is separated into North Walkerville and South Walkerville...
and was renamed as such in 1892.