Tarrington

Featured view

Tarrington

Total population

199

Air quality index

18Good

Coordinates-37.76°, 142.10°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Tarrington, formerly known as Bukecy or Hochkirch, is a village in the Southern Grampians Shire in South-west Victoria, Australia close to Hamilton. It has a large Lutheran Church, along with a school, church, hall, oval, cafe/restaurant, computer repair service, quarry, day-care centre and a fire station. At the 2021 census, Tarrington had a population of 328.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Xavier Samuel

Australian actor

Frank Crean

Australian politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1916-2008)

D

David Lewis

Australian musician, born 1960

D

Denis Zeunert

Australian rules footballer

Edward Kenna

Australian Victoria Cross recipient (1919-2009)

J

James Wilson

Australian rules footballer (1856-1935)

J

Jarred Bidwell

Australian rower

J

Jim Young

Australian rules footballer (1921-1988)

John Lerew

Senior Royal Australian Air Force officer

K

Kathryn Mitchell

Australian javelin thrower

Leo Morgan

Australian rules footballer, born 1879

Melissa Tapper

Australian para table tennis player

P

Phillip Walsh

Australian rules footballer (1960–2015)

Terry Gleeson

Australian rules footballer (1933–2011)

Winton Turnbull

Australian politician

J

Jan Smithwick

Australian basketball player (born 1952)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Victoria

• Tabor
  7.7 mi away
• Penshurst
  13.2 mi away · pop. 491
• Dunkeld
  15.8 mi away · pop. 511
• Cavendish
  16.7 mi away
• Branxholme
  17.2 mi away
• Coleraine
  24.9 mi away · pop. 867
• Broadwater
  25 mi away
• Glenthompson
  26.3 mi away · pop. 127
• Minjah
  26.5 mi away
• Willatook
  28.3 mi away
• Gringegalgona
  28.8 mi away
• Orford
  30.4 mi away

Browse all places in Victoria →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Common Halfband

Melangyna viridiceps

Seen 2026-08-17

Blue Blowfly

Calliphora vicina

Seen 2026-08-17

Australian Shelduck

Tadorna tadornoides

Seen 2026-08-12

Australasian Shoveler

Spatula rhynchotis

Seen 2026-08-12

Black Swan

Cygnus atratus

Seen 2026-08-12

White-necked Heron

Ardea pacifica

Seen 2026-08-12

Eastern Barred Bandicoot

Perameles gunnii

Seen 2026-08-05

Rakali

Hydromys chrysogaster

Seen 2026-08-04

Pacific Black Duck

Anas superciliosa

Seen 2026-07-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers