| Yinnar Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Yinnar | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°19′S 146°19′E / 38.317°S 146.317°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 907 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3869 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Latrobe | ||||||||||||||
| County | Buln Buln | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Morwell | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Gippsland | ||||||||||||||
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Yinnar is a rural Australian township located in the Latrobe Valley in central Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. At the 2016 census, Yinnar had a population of 907. The origin of the name "Yinnar" is believed to have been derived from the local Aboriginal term yinnar, meaning "woman".[2]
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Yinnar (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ Mickelethwaite Curr, Edward (1886). "The Australian Race: its origin, languages, customs, place of landing in Australia and the routes by which it spread itself over the continent", J. Ferres, p. 320.
