Nerrina, Victoria

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian place| type = suburb

| name = Nerrina

| state = vic

| city = Ballarat

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| lga = City of Ballarat

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| coordinates = {{coord|37.533|S|143.903|E|display=inline,title}}

| postcode = 3350

| est =

| pop = 970

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}

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| stategov = Ripon

| fedgov = Ballarat

| near-nw = Invermay

| near-n = Glen Park

| near-ne = Glen Park

| near-w = Brown Hill

| near-e = Black Hill

| near-sw = Brown Hill

| near-s = Brown Hill

| near-se = Brown Hill

| dist1 = 4 | location1 = Ballarat Central

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Nerrina is a suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia on the north-eastern rural-urban fringe of the city, {{convert|4|km|mi}} east of the Central Business District. The population at the {{CensusAU|2021}} was 970.{{Census 2021 AUS|id= SAL21917|name=Nerrina (State Suburb)|accessdate=3 November 2022|quick=on}}

Nerrina is a semi-rural suburb with a very small township and commercial area. It is located on the foothills of the Brown Hill range and straddles both sides of the Western Freeway.

File:Western Highway at Nerrina looking west toward Ballarat North and Invermay from the Nerrina pedestrian overpass.jpg

File:Snow in Nerrina.jpg

History

Historically, this area was known as Nerrena (named after the Nerrena Creek) and then Little Bendigo (after Bendigo, Victoria) . Little Bendigo Post Office opened on 1 June 1862, was renamed Nerrina in 1881 and closed in 1971.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Nerrina* | access-date = 1 March 2021 }}

Education

The local primary school is Little Bendigo Primary School.

References

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Category:Suburbs of Ballarat

Category:1862 establishments in Australia

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