Orbost is a town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located 375 kilometres (233 mi) east of Melbourne where the Princes Highway crosses the Snowy River. It is about 16 kilometres (10 mi) from the town of Marlo on the coast of Bass Strait. At the 2006 census, Orbost had a population of 2452. Orbost is the service centre for the primary industries of beef, dairy cattle, and sawmilling. More recently, tourism has become an importan...
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Orbost is a town in the Shire of East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located 375 kilometres (233 mi) east of Melbourne where the Princes Highway crosses the Snowy River. It is about 16 kilometres (10 mi) from the town of Marlo on the coast of Bass Strait. At the 2006 census, Orbost had a population of 2452. Orbost is the service centre for the primary industries of beef, dairy cattle, and sawmilling. More recently, tourism has become an important industry, being the major town close to several national parks, including the Snowy River National Park, Alpine National Park, Errinundra National Park, Croajingolong National Park and Cape Conran Coastal Park.
Croajingalong or Krauatungalung was the name used by the Gunnai/Kurnai aboriginal people for the Orbost district, now the name of the nearby coastal Croajingolong National Park. The Snowy River valley was occupied by them for thousands of years. Evidence of human occupation at Cloggs Cave, near Buchan, has been dated at up to 17,000...
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