Tootgarook (/ˈtʊtɡərʊk/ TUUT-gə-ruuk) is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 62 km (39 mi) south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Tootgarook recorded a population of 3,178 at the 2021 census.[1] Tootgarook is located within Boonwurrung Country.
| Tootgarook Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Tootgarook Recreation Reserve | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 38°22′26″S 144°50′56″E / 38.374°S 144.849°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 3,178 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| • Density | 883/km2 (2,290/sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1850[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3941 | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Mornington Peninsula | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Nepean | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Flinders | ||||||||||||||
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History
editTootgarook is an Aboriginal word meaning "Croaking of frogs".[5] Tootgarook is located within Boonwurrung Country.
The town is named from the pastoral run of J. Purves established adjacent to the west of the Tootgarook Swamp (now Wetland). Purves retained the name as his pre-emptive right.[6][7]
A Tootgarook Post Office opened in 1858 and was renamed Rye in 1870. A later Tootgarook Post Office opened on 3 April 1956 when some development took place in the suburb, and closed in 1987[8]
Today
editIn the same suburb, but extending to neighbouring suburbs, is the Tootgarook Wetland. This wetland is about 300 hectares in size and supports many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna.[citation needed] Most of the wetland is in private ownership and some is vulnerable to development.[citation needed]
The local school in the area is Tootgarook Primary School, which currently[when?] has 203 students.[9]
See also
edit- Shire of Flinders – Tootgarook was previously within this former local government area.
- List of places in Victoria (Australia) named from pastoral runs
References
edit- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Tootgarook (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ "Advertising". The Argus (Melbourne). Vol. II, no. 463. Victoria, Australia. 9 May 1850. p. 4. Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia. , ...COUNTY OF MORNINGTON. / No. | NAME. | EXTENT OF RUN. | NAME OF RUN. | SITUATION. / 17 | Smith, George | 20 Square miles | Tootgarook . . | Port Phillip Bay...
- ^ "The Smiths of Early Melbourne". The Australasian. Vol. CXXXI, no. 4, 313. Victoria, Australia. 5 September 1931. p. 4. Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia., ... and being interested in Tootgarook (Dromana) with Edward William Hobson. he married the widow of Dr. Edmond Charles Hobson in 1849...
- ^ "Pastoral Pioneers". The Australasian. Vol. CXL, no. 4, 558. Victoria, Australia. 16 May 1936. p. 4 (METROPOLITAN EDITION). Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia., ...Mrs. Waterfield was a sister of James Purves, who in association with George Smith, of the Lamb Inn, afterwards Scott's Hotel, and Edward Hobson, of Kangarong and Tootgarook, did much for the early stock-breeding industry of Port Phillip, particularly light horses...
- ^ Page 198, The Victorian Historical Magazine, Volumes 28-29, Published:1955, ...Tootgarook, a native name which meant croaking of frogs..
- ^ The Victorian Naturalist (1928-1929) Kitchen Middens by R.A. Keble https://archive.org/stream/VictorianNatura45Fiel/VictorianNatura45Fiel_djvu.txt
- ^ "Recent Auction Sales". South Bourke and Mornington Journal. Vol. X, no. 28. Victoria, Australia. 3 October 1877. p. 3 (MORNING.). Retrieved 8 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia., ...On the following day a much larger and more important sale was conducted on the station of J. Purves, Esq., between Dromana and the pretty little village of Rye, and known as Tootgarook; why or how this remarkable title originated we could not ascertain, further than that its origin is native, and, as we believe a clever native lawyer, and a member of the present Parliament of Victoria was born in the locality, we shall not enquire further. At Tootgarook, which, at this late date in the history of Victoria, is not famous for a very imposing homestead-or indeed in any building that does not require demolishing and rebuilding...
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 14 March 2021
- ^ "Home". tootps.vic.edu.au.
