Goongerah, Victoria

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{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Goongerah

| state = vic

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| lga = Shire of East Gippsland

| postcode = 3888

| est =

| pop = 31

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

| pop_footnotes ={{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL21065 | name = Goongerah (State Suburb) | accessdate = 8 August 2023 | quick = on}}

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| stategov = Gippsland East

| fedgov = Division of Gippsland

| dist1 = 434

| dir1 = E

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 146

| dir2 = NE

| location2= Bairnsdale

| dist3 = 53

| dir3 = N

| location3= Orbost

| dist4 = 65

| dir4 = S

| location4= Delegate (NSW)

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Goongerah is a locality on the Brodribb River, located in Gippsland, Australia, near Mount Ellery.

At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Goongerah had a population of 31.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL21065 |name=Goongerah|accessdate=8 August 2023|quick=on}}

Goongerah Post Office opened on 21 November 1952 and closed in 1974.{{Citation

| last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 }} Goongerah had one of the smallest primary schools in Victoria, with about 11 students. It closed in 2019.

Goongerah is home to [https://www.geco.org.au/ GECO] (the Goongerah Environment Centre Office), which is dedicated to fighting for the protection of native forests in East Gippland from logging, such as Goolengook.

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{{Towns in East Gippsland Shire}}

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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)

Category:Shire of East Gippsland

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