Yallourn North
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Homes on the undulating street of Marshall Street with a view of Harmony Hills in the background. | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 38°10′S 146°22′E / 38.167°S 146.367°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| Established | 1917 | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 154 m (505 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 1,545 (2016 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3825 | ||||||||||||
| Mean max temp | 18.2 °C (64.8 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Mean min temp | 8.9 °C (48.0 °F) | ||||||||||||
| Annual rainfall | 889.6 mm (35.02 in) | ||||||||||||
| Website | Yallourn North | ||||||||||||
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Yallourn North is a town in the City of Latrobe, Victoria, Australia. It is approximately eight kilometres north-east of Moe, and 146 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. Prior to 1947 Yallourn North was known as "Brown Coal Mine".
The Post Office opened on 3 September 1917 as Brown Coal Mine and was renamed Yallourn North in 1947.
This tiny hilltop town contains many churches, including the only Serbian Orthodox Church and Mosque in the region. Sports available are Australian rules football, cricket, lawn bowls and carpet bowls, netball and angling. There is a Social Golf Club, and pistol club. The town has an Australian Rules football team, Yallourn-Yallourn North, which competes in the North Gippsland Football League.