Type: | town |
Bearii | |
State: | vic |
Use Lga Map: | yes |
Coordinates: | -35.9°N 165°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Lga: | Shire of Moira |
Postcode: | 3641 |
Est: | [1] |
Pop: | 145 |
Stategov: | Shepparton |
Fedgov: | Nicholls |
Dist1: | 252 |
Dir1: | N |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 63 |
Dir2: | N |
Location2: | Shepparton |
Dist3: | 30 |
Dir3: | NE |
Location3: | Nathalia |
Dist4: | 16 |
Dir4: | W |
Location4: | Strathmerton |
Near-Nw: | New South Wales |
Near-N: | New South Wales |
Near-Ne: | New South Wales |
Near-W: | Yalca |
Near-E: | Strathmerton |
Near-Sw: | Yalca |
Near-S: | Yalca |
Near-Se: | Strathmerton |
Bearii is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Moira local government area. Bearii is located 252km (157miles) north of the state capital, Melbourne, 18km (11miles) north of Waaia and is just south of the Barmah National Park.[2] [3] At the, Bearii had a population of 136,[4] by 2016 the town had 145 citizens.
Bearii was surveyed for a township about 1875 and named by Mr Stein, an early settler after a place bearing that name in Germany.[5]
The streets are named after some of the early settlers, amongst these are Myers, Tallon, Coghill, Williams and Steinstreets.
Bearii Post Office opened on 10 November 1913 and closed in 1956.