Yarram

Overview

Yarram is located 221 kilometres south-east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland Highway. A delightful town of around 2000, it grew as a result of the rich dairy country that supplies milk products to Australia, and to the timber industry.
 
It is a quiet town, with excellent nearby attractions such as Port Albert, the Tarra Valley, the start of the Ninety-Mile Beach, the Tarra-Bulga National Park, the Strzelecki Ranges and Wilsons Promontory.

History

Yarram Yarram, as it was known until 1924, found its origins in an Aboriginal phrase thought to mean 'plenty of water' or 'waterfalls'.
 
John Carpenter, an early settler, established the town's first industry when he built a flour and saw mill in 1857 on the Tarra River. Duke Street is named after another prominent early citizen, Thomas Duke, who owned the Yarram Hotel and built the Bank of Australia.
 
The town of Yarram was gazetted in 1893. The town's growth related to the preference of local farmers for Yarram as a marketplace, rather than the more distant Port Albert.

Places of interest

Old Yarram Butter Factory
Historic Regent Theatre
Old Tarraville Church - Victoria’s oldest church
Tarra Bulga National Park
Hiawatha Falls

Accommodation

Accommodation options in Yarram include a motels, hotels, Caravan Parks and B&Bs. For further information please visit:

Tourism Wellington
http://www.tourismwellington.com.au/accommodation.asp

Wellington Visitor Information Centre
8 Foster Street (Princes Highway), Sale
Open: 7 days a week 9.00am-5.00pm
Telephone: 03 5144 1108
Email: admin@tourismwellington.com.au

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