# Toolangi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Toolangi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Toolangi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolangi > Source revision: 1326150355 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Toolangi | state = vic | image = | caption = | coordinates = {{coord|37|32|S|145|28|E|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_label_position = right | use_lga_map = yes | lga = Shire of Murrindindi | lga2 = Shire of Yarra Ranges | postcode = 3777 | est = | pop = 366 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}} | pop_footnotes = {{cite web |title=2021 Census QuickStats Toolangi |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/SAL22536 |website=Australian Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=16 July 2024}} | elevation=595 | maxtemp =15.8 | mintemp =7.5 | rainfall =1359.1 | stategov = [Eildon](/source/Electoral_district_of_Eildon) | fedgov = [Indi](/source/Division_of_Indi) | dist1 = 73 | dir1 = NE | location1= [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) | dist2 = 21 | dir2 = N | location2= [Healesville](/source/Healesville%2C_Victoria) | dist3 = 16 | dir3 = E | location3= [Kinglake](/source/Kinglake%2C_Victoria) | near-nw = [Glenburn](/source/Glenburn%2C_Victoria) | near-n = [Glenburn](/source/Glenburn%2C_Victoria) | near-ne = [Limestone](/source/Limestone%2C_Victoria) | near-w = [Kinglake](/source/Kinglake%2C_Victoria) | near-e = [Narbethong](/source/Narbethong%2C_Victoria) | near-sw = [St Andrews](/source/St_Andrews%2C_Victoria) | near-s = [Dixons Creek](/source/Dixons_Creek%2C_Victoria) | near-se = [Chum Creek](/source/Chum_Creek%2C_Victoria) }} '''Toolangi''' is a locality in [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), [Australia](/source/Australia). At the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Toolangi had a population of 366. It is situated on the edge of the [Toolangi State Forest](/source/Toolangi_State_Forest). == History == thumb|Toolangi from the air in June 2020 ''Toolangi'' is the [Taungurung](/source/Taungurung_language) word for [stringybark](/source/stringybark).{{Cite web|url=http://www.vaclang.org.au/Interactive-map/toolangi.html|title=Toolangi|website=vaclang.org.au|access-date=2019-07-25}}{{cite web |title=Aboriginal Flora and Fauna Names of Victoria |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/media/collectors/52f0758a9821f40464f742c1/items/56c690ca400d0c3518d14eb2/item-media/56dd21922162f1236434b99e/original.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3cH7MyX9Ee5F4OK4tJJi9sgc9-2_DRBThZk6Wqa3LNPiJVADSCQlhE2R4 |access-date=15 July 2021}} It is believed the area was known as Mt Rose by European settlers up until the 1890s. European settlers first inhabited Toolangi in the 1860s by paling splitters and then timber cutters, who camped deep in the bush. They were attracted by the huge stands of mountain ash (''[Eucalyptus regnans](/source/Eucalyptus_regnans)''), a tree that splits easily, and the messmate timber, which proved durable as a building material. Toolangi Post Office opened on 1 August 1900 and closed in 1974.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Toolangi* | access-date = 24 March 2021 }} Toolangi Football Club entered a side in the [Yarra Valley Football League](/source/Yarra_Valley_Football_League) Reserves competition in 1952 and 1953.{{cite web |title=1952 - Eight Teams in Both Sections of Y.V.F.L. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/267413854 |publisher=The Lilydale Express (Vic) |access-date=26 January 2024 |page=1 |date=7 March 1952}} It was not until the early 1960s that electricity came to Toolangi. Together with the opening of the [Melba Highway](/source/Melba_Highway), this created the impetus for industrial expansion in the area. An early development was the Potato Research Station (1945), which was followed by the Strawberry Certification Scheme.THE TOWNSHIP OF TOOLANGI - PAST AND PRESENT collated by Ian Whitford On 7 February 2009, the [Black Saturday bushfires](/source/Black_Saturday_bushfires) reached Toolangi and led to two deaths and 18 homes burnt. Fire surrounded the town for weeks and the whole area was quarantined for three weeks. The township itself and a small segment of forest in the [Toolangi State Forest](/source/Toolangi_State_Forest) to the east of the town survived. == Attractions == thumb|left|The outside of Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre, nestled amongst trees A strangely-shaped wooden building surrounded by tall eucalypts is visible when driving through the town. This is the former [Toolangi Forest Discovery Centre](/source/Toolangi_Forest_Discovery_Centre). This building was used for forest education, and thousands of primary, secondary and tertiary students visited every year. The Discovery Centre and education programs was run by the [Department of Sustainability and Environment](/source/Department_of_Sustainability_and_Environment) (DSE), however it was closed on 30 June 2012 due to difficulty in compliance with building requirements in bushfire-prone areas. With endorsement from DSE, long time environmental education specialists [Gould League](/source/Gould_League) now conduct the same forest education programs, with previous DSE staff, simply without the use of the building. thumb|Toolangi from the air in June 2020 thumb|Toolangi from the air in June 2020 There are several local walking tracks, which are detailed in information available at the centre, including the Wirra Willa Rain forest walk through local rainforest, the Yea River Walk opposite the centre, and the Forest Sculpture Trail, which takes in nine works by sculptors of international repute and views both of Melbourne and the district. Mount St Leonard is 5 km. to the south-east. Toolangi was the home of the poet [C. J. Dennis](/source/C._J._Dennis), the author of ''[The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke](/source/The_Songs_of_a_Sentimental_Bloke)'', ''Jim of the Hills'', ''The Glugs of Gosh'', ''Rose of Spadgers'', ''The Singing Gardens'' and ''Ginger Mick'', to name a few. Dennis joined artist Hal Waugh on an expedition to Toolangi in 1908. Dennis stayed on after the expedition, attracted by the ambience of the area, he was also a business partner in one of the many sawmills of the area—St Leonards Sawmill. His work captured the feel of the bush and the Australian characters, both of the bush and the pubs. In 1915, he purchased {{convert|3.5|acre|m2}} for 22 pounds. This included a mill house. Over a period of 10 years, with the help of a local handyman, they converted the mill house to a two-storey house named "Arden". His house has long since burned down, but his gardens remain in the care of Jan and Vic Williams, where they operate their tea rooms, The Singing Gardens, and are open to the public. Opposite the gardens is the pottery of David Williams, who creates unique crystalline-glazed ceramics, which have been exhibited in the National Gallery of Victoria. The former Toolangi Hotel burned to the ground in 1975. While the building was totally destroyed, the locals saved the beer. For weeks afterwards, they would gather under the trees at the old pub site and assist in depleting the stocks. The former licensee decided not to rebuild the pub and the town remained publess for decades.{{cite web |url=https://visityarravalley.com.au/activity/toolangi |title=Toolangi {{!}} Visit Melbourne's Yarra Valley - Official Site |website=visityarravalley.com.au |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310235925/https://visityarravalley.com.au/activity/toolangi |archive-date=2016-03-10}} ==Climate== Toolangi has a cold rainforest climate, significantly cooler and wetter than [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) due to elevation (of 595 metres) and being outside of the Yarra rainshadow; with annual cloud cover resembling that of [Southern England](/source/Southern_England) in the British Isles and the [Pacific Northwest](/source/Pacific_Northwest) of North America, more than the typical Victorian climate. Receiving only 1,842 sun hours annually, it is the cloudiest site in mainland Australia. {{Weather box |location = Toolangi (Mount St Leonard DPI, 1953–2006); 595 m AMSL; 37.57° S, 145.50° E |collapsed = |metric first = Yes |single line = Yes |unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm |Jan record high C = 42.0 |Feb record high C = 38.6 |Mar record high C = 37.5 |Apr record high C = 28.0 |May record high C = 21.9 |Jun record high C = 17.9 |Jul record high C = 18.5 |Aug record high C = 19.5 |Sep record high C = 24.5 |Oct record high C = 29.7 |Nov record high C = 34.9 |Dec record high C = 38.5 |year record high C = |Jan high C = 22.7 |Feb high C = 23.2 |Mar high C = 20.4 |Apr high C = 16.1 |May high C = 12.3 |Jun high C = 9.5 |Jul high C = 8.6 |Aug high C = 9.8 |Sep high C = 12.3 |Oct high C = 15.4 |Nov high C = 18.0 |Dec high C = 20.8 |year high C = |Jan low C = 10.9 |Feb low C = 11.8 |Mar low C = 10.6 |Apr low C = 8.7 |May low C = 6.8 |Jun low C = 4.7 |Jul low C = 3.8 |Aug low C = 4.1 |Sep low C = 5.2 |Oct low C = 6.6 |Nov low C = 7.7 |Dec low C = 9.5 |year low C = |Jan record low C = 2.7 |Feb record low C = 3.0 |Mar record low C = 2.2 |Apr record low C = 0.5 |May record low C = -1.0 |Jun record low C = -2.2 |Jul record low C = -2.5 |Aug record low C = -5.0 |Sep record low C = -4.1 |Oct record low C = -0.6 |Nov record low C = 0.4 |Dec record low C = 2.2 |year record low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 87.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 73.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 84.9 |Apr precipitation mm = 106.1 |May precipitation mm = 122.2 |Jun precipitation mm = 111.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 117.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 136.6 |Sep precipitation mm = 134.4 |Oct precipitation mm = 127.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 126.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 116.6 |year precipitation mm = 1359.1 |Jan precipitation days = 11.3 |Feb precipitation days = 9.1 |Mar precipitation days = 12.3 |Apr precipitation days = 12.4 |May precipitation days = 16.7 |Jun precipitation days = 17.4 |Jul precipitation days = 19.4 |Aug precipitation days = 19.2 |Sep precipitation days = 16.8 |Oct precipitation days = 16.0 |Nov precipitation days = 14.0 |Dec precipitation days = 12.5 |year precipitation days = |Jan sun = 232.5 |Feb sun = 217.5 |Mar sun = 189.1 |Apr sun = 150.0 |May sun = 102.3 |Jun sun = 78.0 |Jul sun = 83.7 |Aug sun = 105.4 |Sep sun = 126.0 |Oct sun = 170.5 |Nov sun = 189.0 |Dec sun = 198.4 |source 1 = Toolangi (Mount St Leonard DPI, 1953–2006){{cite web | url = http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_086142_All.shtml | publisher = Bureau of Meteorology |title = Toolangi climate data |accessdate = 25 August 2024}} |date= August 2024 }} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130421071311/http://www.gould.org.au/html/ForestExcursions.asp Gould League's Forest Excursions in Toolangi State Forest] {{Towns in Murrindindi Shire}} {{Shire of Yarra Ranges suburbs}} {{authority control}} Category:Towns in Victoria (state) Category:Shire of Murrindindi Category:Yarra Ranges Shire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Toolangi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolangi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolangi?action=history)). 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