Darby River, Victoria

Darby River Victoria
Darby River meanders looking north east from foot of Darby Hill
Darby River Location in South Gippsland Shire
Coordinates	38°58′35″S 146°16′40″E / 38.97639°S 146.27778°E / -38.97639; 146.27778
Population	0 (?)^[1]
Postcode(s)	3959
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Location	241 km (150 mi) SE of Melbourne 46 km (29 mi) SE of Fish Creek
LGA(s)	South Gippsland Shire
State electorate(s)	Gippsland South
Federal division(s)	McMillan

Darby River is a locality in Gippsland in southeastern Victoria, Australia. Located within Wilson's Promontory National Park, it was the location of the original park entrance, ranger station and accommodation centre from 1909 until the Second World War. Often referred to just as The Darby, it was the location of the National Park Committee of Management Rooms from about 1909, a Ranger's cottage from 1913, and the 'Chalet' for tourist accommodation from 1923. The Chalet began as a small 6 room building and expanded to more than 24 accommodation rooms, kitchen, dining hall, bathrooms and the like.^[2] During World War Two the area was the site of the Headquarters Camp of the No 7 Commando Training Centre.^[3] At this time large numbers of huts and tents were erected and the Chalet was taken over for the Officers Mess. Following the war most of the buildings were removed or fell into disrepair and were demolished. The Ranger's House was moved to Tidal River.

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Photograph of the Chalet, State Library, Victoria

Localities in the South Gippsland Shire
Town	Bena Buffalo Dumbalk Fish Creek Foster Inverloch^ Kongwak^ Koonwarra Korumburra Lang Lang^ Leongatha Leongatha South Loch^ Mardan Meeniyan Mirboo^ Mirboo North Nerrena Nyora^ Outtrim^ Poowong Poowong North^ Port Welshpool Sandy Point Stony Creek Tarwin Lower Toora Venus Bay Welshpool Yanakie
Locality	Agnes Allambee Reserve^ Arawata Baromi Bennison Berrys Creek Binginwarri^ Boolarong Boorool Darlimurla^ Delburn^ Dollar Dumbalk North Fairbank Foster North Gunyah Hallston Hazel Park Hedley^ Jeetho Jumbunna Kardella Kardella South Koorooman Korumburra South Krowera^ Leongatha North Middle Tarwin Mount Best Mount Eccles Mount Eccles South Moyarra Poowong East^ Port Franklin Pound Creek^ Ranceby Ruby Strzelecki^ Tarwin Thorpdale South^ Tidal River Toora North Trida^ Turtons Creek Walkerville Walkerville North Walkerville South Waratah Bay Whitelaw Wild Dog Valley Wilsons Promontory Wonga Woorarra East Woorarra West Wooreen
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

Towns of Gippsland
Central Gippsland	Boisdale Briagolong Coongulla Cowwarr Fernbank Glengarry Gormandale Heyfield Hollands Landing Licola Loch Sport Longford Maffra Munro Newry Rosedale Sale Seaspray Stratford Tinamba Toongabbie Woodside Woodside Beach
East Gippsland	Anglers Rest Bairnsdale Bellbird Creek Bemm River Benambra Bendoc Buchan Buchan South Bruthen Cabbage Tree Creek Cann River Cape Conran Cassilis Club Terrace Dargo Deddick Dinner Plain Eagle Point Ensay Gelantipy Genoa Johnsonville Lakes Entrance Lake Tyers Beach Lindenow Mallacoota Marlo Metung Mossiface Mount Hotham Nicholson Nowa Nowa Nungurner Omeo Orbost Paynesville Raymond Island Swan Reach Swifts Creek Tambo Crossing Tambo Upper Twin Rivers W Tree Woodglen Wulgulmerang
Latrobe Valley	Boolarra Churchill Erica Glengarry Hazelwood North Moe Morwell Newborough Rawson Thorpdale Traralgon Tyers Walhalla Yallourn North Yinnar Yinnar South
South Gippsland	Alberton Allambee Arawata Bena Berrys Creek Buffalo Dalyston Darby River Dumbalk Fish Creek Foster Inverloch Kardella Kilcunda Koonwarra Kongwak Korumburra Leongatha Loch Meeniyan Mirboo North Nyora Poowong Port Albert Port Franklin Port Welshpool Ruby Sandy Point San Remo Stony Creek Strzelecki Tarwin Lower Tidal River Toora Trida Venus Bay Walkerville Waratah Bay Welshpool Wonthaggi Yanakie Yarram
West Gippsland	Athlone Bona Vista Brandy Creek Buln Buln Bunyip Cloverlea Crossover Darnum Drouin Ellinbank Erica Gainsborough Garfield Iona Jindivick Labertouche Lardner Lillico Longwarry Maryknoll Modella Nar Nar Goon Narracan Neerim Neerim North Neerim South Nilma Noojee Rawson Ripplebrook Rokeby Shady Creek Tarago Tonimbuk Trafalgar Tynong Warragul Walhalla Yarragon

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