Type: | town |
Callignee | |
State: | vic |
Use Lga Map: | yes |
Coordinates: | -38.3333°N 181°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Lga: | City of Latrobe |
Postcode: | 3844 |
Pop: | 495 |
County: | Buln Buln |
Stategov: | Morwell |
Fedgov: | Gippsland |
Dist1: | 175 |
Dir1: | E |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 21 |
Dir2: | S |
Location2: | Traralgon |
Callignee is a locality in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The locality is 175km (109miles) east of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Callignee and the surrounding area had a population of 495.
The locality was severely affected by the Black Saturday bushfires, including four fatalities plus another fatality at nearby Upper Callignee.[1]