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{{Infobox Australian place| type = town
| name = Glengarry
| state = vic
| image = Glengarry Post Office — April 2022.jpg
| caption = Post office in 2022
| coordinates = {{coord|38|08|S|146|33|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position =right
| use_lga_map = yes
| lga = City of Latrobe
| postcode = 3854
| est =
| pop = 1,084
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC21018 | name = Glengarry (State Suburb) | accessdate = 19 May 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| elevation=
| maxtemp =
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| stategov = [[Electoral district of Morwell|Morwell]]
| fedgov = [[Division of Gippsland|Gippsland]]
| dist1 = 165
| dir1 = SE
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2 = 11
| dir2 = N
| location2= [[Traralgon, Victoria|Traralgon]]
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'''Glengarry''' is a town in the [[Gippsland]] region of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], Australia. The town is located in the [[City of Latrobe]] [[Local government in Australia|local government area]], 9 km north of [[Traralgon]] and {{convert|165|km|mi}} south east of the state capital, [[Melbourne]]. At the [[2016 Australian census|2016 census]], Glengarry had a population of 1084.<ref name="ABS">{{Census 2016 AUS
|id=UCL221032
|name=Glengarry (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)
|accessdate=2016-10-04
|quick=on}}</ref>

==History==
A small community called La Trobe was established on relatively flat land near the [[La Trobe River]]. Selectors began to take up land in the early 1870s by which time the area was known as Toongabbie South.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glengarry |url=https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/glengarry |website=Victorian Places |publisher=Victorian Places |access-date=7 June 2025}}</ref>

A [[Maffra railway line|railway]] line from [[Traralgon, Victoria|Traralgon]] to [[Heyfield, Victoria|Heyfield]] passed nearby in 1883 and a railway station was built to service the community.
The Post Office opened on 1 January 1884 and La Trobe Railway Station was renamed Glengarry in December of that year.<ref name = "a">{{Citation
| last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Glengarry* | access-date = 7 February 2021 }}</ref> There were three hotels by the 1880s and a Mechanics Institute (1886).

The Glengarry Farmer’s Union proposed the creation of a Glengarry Creamery (butter factory) in March 1890 and it was in operation by the end of the year.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Glengarry Farmers Union |journal=Traralgon Record |date=25 March 1890 |page=2 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59202938?searchTerm=%E2%80%9CGlengarry%20creamery%E2%80%9D}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Glengarry Co-operative Creamery Co Ltd |journal=Traralgon Record |date=23 December 1890 |page=2 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/59204907?searchTerm=%E2%80%9CGlengarry%20creamery%E2%80%9D}}</ref>

==Today==
The town has an [[Australian Rules]] football team competing in the [[North Gippsland Football League]].

==See also==
* [[Glengarry railway station]]

==References==
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{{Towns in the City of Latrobe}}
{{Towns in the Latrobe Valley}}

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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:City of Latrobe]]

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