Rawson
Rawson is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Tyers - Thomson Valley Road, in the Shire of Baw Baw. The town was established for workers involved in the construction of the Thomson Dam, which was completed in 1983, Rawson Post Office opening on 17 April 1979.- Type: Village with 281 residents
- Description: town in Victoria, Australia
- Also known as: “Rawson, Victoria”, “Rawson, Victoria, Australia”, and “Robertson”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thomson railway station.
Thomson railway station
Railway stop
Thomson is a railway station on the Walhalla narrow gauge line in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located on the Up side of the bridge where the line crossed the Thomson River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Western Tyers.
Western Tyers
Locality
Western Tyers was a small town in the Gippsland region of eastern Victoria, Australia, founded as a timber community in the late 19th century and at its peak home to around 500 residents. Western Tyers is situated 8 km west of Rawson.
Rawson
- Categories: town and locality
- Location: Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.95682° or 37° 57′ 25″ south
Longitude
146.39967° or 146° 23′ 59″ east
Population
281
Elevation
491 metres (1,611 feet)
Open location code
4RJ829VX+7V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Polish—“Rawson” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Rawson”
- Dutch: “Rawson, Victoria”
- French: “Rawson”
- Polish: “Rawson (Australia)”
- Polish: “Rawson”
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