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Longerenong Victoria
Longerenong
Coordinates	36°41′02″S 142°20′02″E / 36.68389°S 142.33389°E / -36.68389; 142.33389
Population	237 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)	3401
LGA(s)	Rural City of Horsham Shire of Yarriambiack
State electorate(s)	Lowan
Federal division(s)	Mallee

Longerenong is a locality in the Rural City of Horsham and the Shire of Yarriambiack, Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Longerenong had a population of 237. The agricultural college Longerenong College is located in Longerenong. The name is derived from a Jardwadjali word meaning "the dividing of the waters."

History

In 1844, William Taylor and Dugald McPherson established a pastoral run near the division of the Wimmera River, where one branch forms the Yarriambiack Creek. By 1848, Taylor became the sole proprietor of his portion, naming it Longerenong. He sold the run in 1856 to brothers Charles and Samuel Wilson, the latter of whom built the Longerenong Homestead in 1862 and later funded Wilson Hall at the University of Melbourne. In the 1870s, parts of the run were opened for farming, and a short-lived school operated from 1877 to 1879. In 1889 when the Victorian Council of Agricultural Education established an agricultural college on 966 hectares of fertile loamy land. Longerenong Homestead was added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 1974.

References

1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Longerenong". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
2. "Our History - Longerenong College". www.longy.com.au. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
3. "Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages". www.vaclang.org.au. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
4. ^ "Longerenong | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
5. "VHD". vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

v t e Localities in the Rural City of Horsham
Town	Haven Horsham Jung^ Natimuk Pimpinio
Locality	Arapiles Blackheath Brimpaen^ Bungalally Clear Lake Dadswells Bridge^ Dooen Douglas^ Drung Duchembegarra Grass Flat^ Jilpander Kalkee Kanagulk Kewell^ Laharum^ Longerenong^ Lower Norton McKenzie Creek Mitre^ Mockinya Murra Warra^ Noradjuha Nurrabiel Quantong Riverside St Helens Plains Telangatuk East Tooan Toolondo Vectis Wail Wartook^ Wonwondah
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Localities in the Shire of Yarriambiack
Town	Beulah Dimboola^ Hopetoun Lascelles Lubeck^ Minyip Murtoa Patchewollock^ Rainbow^ Rupanyup^ Warracknabeal Woomelang Yaapeet
Locality	Areegra Aubrey Bangerang Boolite Brim Cannum Crymelon^ Jung^ Kellalac Kewell^ Laen^ Lah Lawler^ Longerenong^ Murra Warra^ Rosebery Sheep Hills Speed Tempy^ Turriff Wallup Watchem West^ Wilkur^ Willenabrina
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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