Narrawong
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = town
| name = Narrawong
| state = vic
| image = NarrawongMechanicsHall.JPG
| caption = Mechanics' hall at Narrawong
| lga = Shire of Glenelg
| postcode = 3285
| est =
| pop = 160
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| coordinates = {{coord|38|15|0|S|141|42|0|E|display=inline,title}}
| use_lga_map = yes
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| stategov = South-West Coast
| fedgov = Wannon
| dist1 = 344
| dir1 = SW
| location1= Melbourne
| dist2 = 18
| dir2 = NE
| location2= Portland
| dist3 = 8
| dir3 = SW
| location3= Tyrendarra
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Narrawong {{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|æ|r|ə|w|ɒ|ŋ}} is a small town in south west Victoria, Australia located on the Princes Highway {{convert|18|km|mi}} to the east of Portland at the mouth of the Surrey River.
Narrawong Post Office opened on 1 March 1859.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Narrawong* | access-date = 30 March 2021}}
At the 2016 census, Narrawong had a population of 160.Based on the resident population of meshblocks 20198700000 and 20199160000 from [https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/2074.0 2074.0 - Census of Population and Housing: Mesh Block Counts, Australia, 2016]
The Narrawong District Primary School is the town's primary school. It was formed after an amalgamation of the Narrawong Primary School, the Narrawong East Primary School and the Tyrendarra Primary School in 1994.http://narrawongdistrictps.vic.edu.au/
Traditional ownership
The formally recognised traditional owners for the area in which Narrawong sits are the Gunditjmara People{{cite web|title=Map of formally recognised traditional owners|url=https://achris.vic.gov.au/weave/wca.html|publisher=Aboriginal Victoria|accessdate=2 June 2020}} who are represented by the Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.{{cite web|title= Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal |url= https://www.gunditjmirring.com/|publisher= Gunditj Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation|accessdate=2 June 2020}}
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Category:Coastal towns in Victoria (state)
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