Korumburra, Victoria

Korumburra is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is located on the South Gippsland Highway, 120km south-east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland Shire local government area.Surrounded by rolling green hills, the town is 227m above the sea level of coastal Inverloch, about 28km away. At the 2014 census the population of Korumburra was 8,963, this population made up of 4,513 male and 4,450 female. The median age of the population was 43.1 years.HistoryThe Post Office in the area opened on 1 September 1884, and moved to the township on the railway survey line on 1 November 1889, the existing office being renamed Glentress. The railway arrived in 1891.The town has also enjoyed a wave of migration of European migrants who have added to the town's growth and culture. Antonio Radovick "Father of Korumburra" was the most successful Croatian pioneer in Victoria who contributed to the start and growth of the town in the 1890s and 1900s. There is a street bearing the name Radovick near the middle hotel. One of the old Korumburra Shire Council shire presidents was Italian migrant Vincenzo Fava which shows the contribution of Italians in Korumburra.