Tittybong

Tittybong
Town
Tittybong is located in Shire of Gannawarra
Tittybong
Tittybong
Coordinates: 35°44′0″S 143°22′0″E / 35.73333°S 143.36667°E / -35.73333; 143.36667
CountryAustralia
StateVictoria
LGAs
Government
 • State electorate
 • Federal division
Population
 • Total3 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode
3542
Localities around Tittybong
Wangie Lalbert Lalbert
Cokum Tittybong Cannie
Towaninny Towaninny Quambatook

Tittybong is a locality in the northwest of Victoria, Australia, within the Shires of Gannawarra and Buloke. Tittybong is located west of Kerang and east of the Calder Highway. It is south of Swan Hill, Tittybong's nearest large town. At the 2016 census, Tittybong had a population of 3.[2]

Name

Tittybong has been noted for the explicit connotations of its name.[3][4] In his 2016 book Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else, summarising the origins of Australian place names, Eamon Evans states that it is unclear where the name Tittybong originates from.[5] One of the early farms in Tittybong was named Cockbum Plains.[6]

History

The Tittybong Post Office opened on 1 January 1884 and closed in 1968.[7] The locality's postcode is 3542.[8]

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tittybong (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2016 QuickStats. Retrieved 18 June 2025. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Tittybong (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 March 2018. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ Pobjie, Ben (26 September 2016). "Meet me at Horny Point: It's time to clean up the map of Australia". ABC News. Archived from the original on 7 October 2025. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  4. ^ Aykroyd, Lucas (25 February 2013). "Where in the world is Dildo? Check out a map worth laughing at". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 7 October 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. ^ Evans, Eamon (2016). Mount Buggery to Nowhere Else. Hachette Australia. p. 72. ISBN 978 0 7336 3558 8.
  6. ^ "Important Land Sale". The Bendigo Independent. 4 July 1892. p. 4.
  7. ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 6 April 2021
  8. ^ "Tittybong Postcode". Retrieved 13 August 2025.
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