Birregurra
Birregurra is a town on Gulidjan Country in Victoria, Australia approximately 130 kilometres south-west of Melbourne. The town is divided between the Shire of Colac Otway and the Surf Coast Shire. At the 2016 census, Birregurra had a population of 828.Birregurra is an Aboriginal word thought to mean ‘kangaroo camp'.In 1839, the Wesleyan missionaries and colonial government established the Buntingdale Mission Station in the area - Victoria's first... Show more Aboriginal mission.A Post Office opened in the area on 1 October 1858 and was renamed Mount Gellibrand in 1894, a few days before another office nearby was opened as Birregurra.The railway through the town was opened in 1877, as part of the line to the south west of the state. A branch line to Forrest left the main line here, opened in 1891 and closed in 1957. The local railway station is served by V/Line passenger services on the Warrnambool line....