Towns in Australia

Exploring Australia, town by town

Darnum VIC

Darnum

Postcode: 3822

Darnum is a small town in West Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, located 110 kilometres east of Melbourne, in the Baw Baw Shire. The town has a population of 598.

Darnum was originally a timber producing town. Today the principal industry is dairy farming, with Fonterra, previously Bonlac Foods, operating a milk processing plant just north of town. Darnum is also home of the Darnum Musical Village; a collection of musical instruments, where visitors can experience playing some of the exhibits as tour guides explain the history of different pieces.