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The town was part of the
Coolart pastoral run of the 1860s. Bittern Post Office opened on 5 January 1891. The railway opened for Bittern in 1889 and small scale commercial development began during the early 1900s. The town also has a primary school, Bittern Primary School, and a small basketball and
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netball stadium known as Graham Myers Sports
Stadium or Bittern Memorial Stadium, which features an indoor court used for basketball, netball or floorball and four outside courts used for netball. There is also a small oval located outside the stadium.
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419:"Bittern (Suburbs and Localities)"
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565:Shire of Mornington Peninsula
316:Shire of Mornington Peninsula
188:Shire of Mornington Peninsula
166:82 km (51 mi) from
451:. Public Transport Victoria.
138:120.11/km (311.1/sq mi)
172:5 km (3 mi) from
18:Town in Victoria, Australia
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485:Phoenix Auctions History,
223:Localities around Bittern:
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462:Westernport Tourism,
319:local government area
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1063:Suburbs of Melbourne
370:Australasian bittern
332:comprising Bittern,
296:Mornington Peninsula
207:Federal division(s)
195:State electorate(s)
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348:. It is served by
107:38.339°S 145.175°E
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917:Coronet Bay
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897:Blind Bight
669:Capel Sound
654:Blairgowrie
589:Mount Eliza
323:2021 census
144:Postcode(s)
128:2021 census
110: /
98:145°10′30″E
85:Coordinates
1052:Categories
1012:Somerville
982:Pearcedale
942:Grantville
927:Crib Point
772:Tootgarook
719:Pearcedale
699:Main Ridge
674:Crib Point
634:Balnarring
604:Somerville
584:Mornington
398:References
342:Somerville
338:Crib Point
276:Crib Point
249:Balnarring
123:Population
95:38°20′20″S
1017:Tankerton
987:Point Leo
972:Monomeith
962:Lang Lang
912:Corinella
808:Point Leo
714:Moorooduc
362:Frankston
308:Australia
300:Melbourne
168:Melbourne
1022:Tooradin
1002:Shoreham
997:San Remo
977:Newhaven
947:Hastings
937:Flinders
871:Victoria
798:Merricks
791:Locality
762:Sorrento
752:Shoreham
732:Red Hill
689:Flinders
579:Hastings
494:20 March
385:See also
366:Flinders
360:between
334:Hastings
304:Victoria
235:Hastings
212:Flinders
200:Hastings
174:Hastings
161:Location
30:Victoria
1037:Warneet
1032:Ventnor
932:Dalmore
892:Bittern
777:Tuerong
727:Portsea
679:Dromana
649:Bittern
599:Rosebud
465:Bittern
428:11 July
352:on the
292:Bittern
253:Bittern
230:Tuerong
68:Bittern
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1007:Somers
757:Somers
704:McCrae
684:Fingal
644:Baxter
522:6 June
471:6 June
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992:Rhyll
922:Cowes
782:Tyabb
659:Boneo
346:Tyabb
887:Bass
622:Town
572:City
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