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Boats at the Port Albert
marina, a few kilometres along the
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Tarraville
Tiny
town notable for its early wooden church
Located 236 km south east of Melbourne Tarraville is a
quiet little town which was once a booming stopover point for the gold
prospectors making their way across country from Port Albert to the
Omeo goldfields. At the height of the goldrush it has a population of
219 which, remarkably, was the largest stable population in the area.
Today there is little of importance left at Tarraville.
It is a sleepy town which attracts visitors curious to see Victoria's
second-oldest timber building.
Things to see:
Christ Church, Church of England
The National Estate records that Christ Church is a
rectangular timber Gothic Revival which was built in 1856 to a design
by J. H. W. Pettit and George Hastings. It was reputedly the first
church in Gippsland and is 'a rare surviving example of drop slab
construction'. In recent times it has been painted blue and cream.