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{{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Tooradin
| state = vic▼
 
| image = Tooradin Sawtells Inlet.jpg
▲| state = vic
| imagecaption = Tooradin = Sawtells Inlet.jpg
| lga = City of Casey
| caption = Sawtells Inlet
| lgalga2 = CityShire of CaseyCardinia
| postcode = 3980
| pop = 1,568722
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|20162021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="ABS2016ABS2021">{{cite web |title=20162021 Census QuickStats Tooradin |url=httphttps://quickstats.censusdatawww.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproductcensus/find-census-data/2016quickstats/quickstat2021/SSC22533SAL22546 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=1211 JanuaryJuly 20192022}}</ref>
| est =
| elevation = 3.01
| alternative_location_map = Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne
| pushpin_label_position = left
| coordinates = {{coord|38|12|40|S|145|22|48|E|display=inline,title}}
| maxtemp = 19.1
| mintemp = 7.6
| rainfall = 853.2
| stategov = [[Electoral district of HastingsBass|HastingsBass]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Holt|Holt]]
| fedgov2 = [[Division of Monash|Monash]]
| dist1 = 57
| location1 = Melbourne
| dist2 = 17
| location2 = [[Cranbourne, Victoria|Cranbourne]]
| near-nw = [[Devon Meadows, Victoria|Devon Meadows]]
| near-n = [[Clyde, Victoria|Clyde]]
| near-ne = [[Dalmore, Victoria|Dalmore]]
| near-w = [[Blind Bight, Victoria|Blind Bight]]
| near-e = [[Koo Wee Rup, Victoria|Koo Wee Rup]]
| near-sw = [[Warneet, Victoria|Warneet]]
| near-s = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| near-se = ''[[Western Port, Victoria|Western Port]]''
| local_map = yes
| zoom = 11
}}
 
'''Tooradin''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 57&nbsp;km south east fromof the[[Melbourne|Melbourne's]] [[Melbourne central business district|Central ofBusiness District]], located within the [[MelbourneCity of Casey]]. Itsand the [[Shire of Cardinia]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]s. isTooradin therecorded [[Citya population of Casey]].1,722 Atat the {{CensusAU|20162021}}, Tooradin had a population of 1,568.<ref name=ABS2016ABS2021/>
 
==Naming==
 
The name of Tooradin comes from the [[Boon wurrung]] word ''too-roo-dun'', which refers to the [[Bunyip]] that lived in the [[Koo-Wee-Rup Swamp]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66182571 |title=The Bunyip |newspaper=South Bourke and Mornington Journal |volume=49 |issue=5 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=20 February 1913 |accessdate=7 August 2020 |page=2|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Callaghan |first1=Thomas |title=Names of Victorian Railway Stations |date=1918}}</ref> The [[The Dreaming|Dreamtime]] creature had a 'reputation for devouring human beings' and 'lived in the thick mud beneath the water of a waterhole that never dried up.' <ref>{{cite book |last1=Gunson |first1=Niel |last2=Cheshire |first2=F W |title=The Good Country: Cranbourne Shire |date=1968 |location=Cranbourne}}</ref>
==History==▼
 
▲==History==
Tooradin was originally settled by the Western Port indigenous people called the Bunurong. They had their traditional lands for many thousands of years.
 
The explorer [[William Hovell]] visited the area in 1827, he saw evidence of Van Diemens Land sealers had left at their temporary camps on the foreshore of Western Port Bay. The sealers had been operating since the early 1800s.
 
In 1839 saw settlers with their cattle establish runs and settle in the area. Work commenced at draining swamps and improving drainage for pasture. The township was first surveyed in 1854.
 
Tooradin has always been a fishing village that nestled on the foreshore. The Post Office opened on 21 May 1877.<ref name="a">{{Citation | last = PremierPhoenix PostalAuctions History | title = Post Office List | url = httpshttp://www.premierpostalphoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsProdwsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&countryfilter=*Tooradin* | accessdate = 2008access-04-11 | deadurldate = yes14 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080510053152/http://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | archivedate = 2008-05-10 | df =March 2021 }}</ref>
 
The railway pastpassed by north of the town by 2 1/2 miles in 1885. A station was created and the fishing industry relied heavily on the railway to transport freshly caught fish to Melbourne. The railways also transported local produce, Cattlecattle, sheep and crops were raised on the land and sent to market.
 
==Today==
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The town has some attractions such as Sawtell's Inlet, and an old historic weatherboard Fishermans Cottage. It is a popular stopping place for people travelling to [[Phillip Island (Victoria)|Phillip Island]].
 
The town in conjunction with neighbouring township [[Dalmore, Victoria|Dalmore]] has an [[Australian Rules]] football team (Tooradin-Dalmore) competing in the [[SouthWest EastGippsland Football Netball LeagueCompetition]].
 
==Transport==
 
{{main|Tooradin railway station, Victoria}}
Tooradin railway station was formerly situated on the [[South Gippsland railway line|South Gippsland railway]] corridor that operated to its terminus at Yarram in the early 1980s and Leongatha in the mid 1990s. A V/Line road coach service replaced the rail service to Leongatha on 24 July 24, 1993, running between Melbourne and Yarram. However, since the closure of the South Gippsland rail line—with the exception of the locally run tourist railway between Nyora and Leongatha (this section of line closed in 2015) by the [[Jeff Kennett|Kennett]] Victorian government onin December 14, 19941993, the South and West Gippsland Transport Group represented by the local council arehad campaigningcampaigned over the following two decades for the rail services to be reinstated beyond the current terminus at Cranbourne by the 2020s,<ref>[http://www.buslines.com.au/cranbournetransit/ Cranbourne Transit website], accessed 23 November 2006</ref><ref>http://www.sgst.com.au/rail-return-an-election-issue/</ref> which was promised by the [[Steve Bracks|Bracks]] government in 1999.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
 
[[Cranbourne Transit]] operates Route 795 services on weekdays to Cranbourne via [[Warneet, Victoria|Warneet]] five times a day, with morning services running through Warneet prior to arriving at Tooradin. There are currently no weekend services.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
==Shopping==
 
===Tooradin Airfield===▼
The town has a supermarket, a pharmacy, a medical centre, a bank, a real estate agent, a bakery, a newsagent, and a variety of take away stores and gift shops.
Tooradin Airfield is a privately owned field located 4&nbsp;km (2.5 miles) East of Tooradin town centre, on the South Gippsland Highway. It is home to [http://adventurewings.com.au Adventure Wings], Commando Skydivers, Tooradin Flying School and Fins Restaurant.▼
 
The airfield is situated on {{convert|27|ha|acre|0}} of land and has one bitumen runway (04/22) of 950m950&nbsp;m (3,117&nbsp;ft) with lighting, one grass strip of 360m360&nbsp;m (1,181&nbsp;ft) and a 310m310&nbsp;m (1,017&nbsp;ft) gravel strip. There's a derelict freighter ship behind the runway, can be seen on the Gippsland highway, the ship is the Edwina May.▼
==Dining and entertainment==
 
Tooradin has a number of restaurants, including Wings and Fins, Tides, as well as bistro style dining at the Tooradin & District Sports Club.
 
▲==Tooradin Airfield==
 
▲Tooradin Airfield is a privately owned field located 4&nbsp;km (2.5 miles) East of Tooradin town centre, on the South Gippsland Highway. It is home to [http://adventurewings.com.au Adventure Wings], Commando Skydivers, Tooradin Flying School and Fins Restaurant.
 
▲The airfield is situated on {{convert|27|ha|acre|0}} of land and has one bitumen runway (04/22) of 950m (3,117&nbsp;ft) with lighting, one grass strip of 360m (1,181&nbsp;ft) and a 310m (1,017&nbsp;ft) gravel strip. There's a derelict freighter ship behind the runway, can be seen on the Gippsland highway, the ship is the Edwina May.
 
==See also==
* [[City of Cranbourne]] – Tooradin was previously within this former local government area.
* [[Tooradin railway station, Victoria|Tooradin railway station]]
 
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{{City of Casey suburbs}}
{{Shire of Cardinia suburbs}}
{{Coastal townships and localities of Western Port, Victoria}}
 
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[[Category:Western Port]]
[[Category:Towns in Victoria (Australiastate)]]
[[Category:Coastal towns in Victoria (Australiastate)]]
[[Category:City of Casey]]
 
[[Category:Shire of Cardinia]]
 
{{VictoriaAU-geo-stub}}
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