Tarraville

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Tarraville

Tarraville
Tiny town notable for its early wooden church
Located 236 kilometres south east of Melbourne Tarraville is a quiet little town which was once a booming stopover point for the gold prospectors making their way across country from Port Albert to the Omeo goldfields. At the height of the goldrush it has a population of 219 which, remarkably, was the largest stable population in the area.

Today there is little of importance left at Tarraville. It is a sleepy town which attracts visitors curious to see Victoria's second-oldest timber building.


Things to see:

Christ Church, Church of England
The National Estate records that Christ Church is a rectangular timber Gothic Revival which was built in 1856 to a design by J. H. W. Pettit and George Hastings. It was reputedly the first church in Gippsland and is 'a rare surviving example of drop slab construction'. In recent times it has been painted blue and cream.


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