Place:Briagolong, Victoria, Australia

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NameBriagolong
TypeTown
Coordinates37.843°S 147.072°E
Located inVictoria, Australia


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Briagolong is a town in the Australian state of Victoria, located 20 kilometres north of Maffra and some 270 kilometres east of Melbourne, in the Shire of Wellington region of Gippsland. At the 2016 census, Briagolong had a population of 1,081.

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Briagolong Post Office opened on 1 May 1871.

The town's principal industry has been timber, and it supplied red gum paving blocks for the streets of Melbourne, and stringybark for the flooring in Australia House in London.

A railway branch line from Maffra opened in 1889 and was closed in 1952.

The town's local cricket team (the Saints) were crowned Sale-Maffra Cricket Aassociaion 2018/19 season premiers.

Briagolong has a pub, which serves meals and drinks. It was established in 1880.

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