Bimbourie
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  Bimbourie | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 35°21′0″S 142°46′0″E / 35.35000°S 142.76667°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 9 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3533 | ||||||||||||
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Bimbourie is a locality situated in the Mallee region in Victoria, Australia. The place by road, is situated about 13 kilometres from Nandaly and 22 kilometres from Sea Lake, Victoria.
The place name Bimbourie is thought to be derived from an Aboriginal word Bimbogrie meaning "well dug by Aboriginal people".
Bimbourie Post Office opened on 9 June 1911 and closed in 1914.
Notes and references
- ↑ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bimbourie (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ↑ Dictionary of Aborinal Placenames of Victoria Archived 8 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 28 February 2021
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