Mount Toolebewong is a locality in
Victoria,
Australia
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65 kilometres north-east of
Melbourne
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, located within the
Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area
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. Mount Toolebewong recorded a population of 119 at the
2021 census.
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Mount Toolebewong is located south of Healesville. The summit of the mountain is 750m above sea level.
The locality is home to one of Australia's oldest ]intentional communities
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, Moora Moora Community Cooperative.
‘Toolebewong' is a Wurundjeri place name from the Woiwurrung language meaning ‘''Where the raven sat on a tree''’.
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Towns in Victoria (state)
Yarra Ranges Shire