# South Gippsland

South Gippsland, a region of Gippsland in Victoria, Australia, is a well-watered region consisting of low, rolling hills descending to the coast in the south and the Latrobe Valley in the north. It is part of the larger Gippsland Basin bioregion.

## Geography

Low granite hills continue into Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost point of Victoria and mainland Australia. Rivers are generally very short and impossible to dam owing to the lack of potential storage sites, but groundwater of good quality is readily available. The major industries are forestry and dairy farming, and the principal towns include Cowes (on Phillip Island), Leongatha, Korumburra, Wonthaggi and Foster.
Wilsons Promontory National Park features eucalypt forests and rainforests as well as its famous beaches, and is one of the most popular holiday areas in Victoria. Linked to mainland South Gippsland via a bridge at San Remo, Phillip Island is also a major tourist destination, noted particularly for its surf beaches, nightly Penguin Parade and the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
12,000 years ago, South Gippsland formed part of a land bridge to Tasmania the remnants of which is the Furneaux Group of islands.
A ferry operates from Welshpool to Lady Barron Island, part of the Furneaux Group.

## History

White settlement of the South Gippsland area mainly took place around 1870 - 1880, when the Melbourne to Sale railway line was in construction.

## South Gippsland Shire Football Association

The South Gippsland Shire Football Association ran from 1903 to 1921 and was an Australian Rules football competition.
In 1905, the Alberton Shire FA (49 points) defeated the South Gippsland Shire FA (47 points).
In July 1908, the South Gippsland Shire FA (6.18 - 54) defeated the Koorumburra & District FA (4.14 - 38) at Foster, then in August 1908, the Koorumburra & District FA (8.7 - 55) defeated the South Gippsland Shire FA (3.13 - 31)
In 1922, Koo Wee Rup and Lang Lang joined the Berwick Football Association and Poowong and Nyora joined the Central Gippsland Football Association, which left only Wonthaggi and Wonthaggi Miners and both club's went into recess in 1922, due to no available competition to play in.
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| Year | Premiers | Scores | Runner Up | Scores | Venue / Comments |
| 1903 | | | | | |
| 1904 | Fish Creek | | | | |
| 1905 | | | | | |
| 1906 | Toora | 2.2 - 14 | Foster | 0.4 - 4 | Foster |
| 1907 | | | | | |
| 1908 | Toora | | | | |
| 1909 | Fish Creek | verses | Foster | | |
| 1910 | | | | | |
| 1911 | Toora | 6.1 - 37 | Foster | 3.3 - 21 | |
| 1912 | Welshpool | 7.12 - 54 | Foster | 1.3 - 9 | Foster/Crowd:1,000 |
| 1913 | Fish Creek | | | | |
| 1914 | Foster | 6.14 - 50 | Toora | 2.6 - 18 | Toora |
| 1918 | Woorarra | 7.6 - 48 | Toora | 5.3 - 33 | Foster |
| 1919 | Fish Creek | 3.9 - 27 | Toora | 3.3 - 21 | Foster |
| | Fish Creek* | lost 1919 | premiership on a | protest from | Toora |
| 1920 | Kooweerup | 10.9 - 69 | Wonthaggi | 7.11 - 53 | Kooweerup/$50 |
| 1921 | Wonthaggi | 9.7 - 61 | Wonthaggi Miners | 4.9 - 33 | Wonthaggi |
| 1922 | | | | | |
| 1923 | | | | | |
| 1924 | Devon | 9.13 - 67 | Fish Creek | 9.9 - 63 | Alberton |
| 1927 | Wonthaggi | 9.7 - 61 | Fish Creek | 4.7 - 31 | Leongatha/$70 |
| | Wonthaggi* | lost 1927 | premiership on a | protest from | Fish Creek |
| 1928 | Korumburra | 9.12 - 66 | Wonthaggi Fire Brigade | 6.15 - 51 | Leongatha |
| 1929 | Wonthaggi | 9.15 - 69 | Korumburra | 5.8 - 38 | Leongatha |
| 1930 | Korumburra | 9.11 - 65 | Wonthaggi Fire Brigade | 9.8 - 62 | Leongatha / £83 |
| 1931 | Leongatha | 14.8 - 92 | Wonthaggi Town | 5.10 - 40 | Korumburra |
| 1932 | Leongatha | 18.23 - 131 | Mirboo North | 11.5 - 71 | Mirboo North |
| 1933 | SGFA disbanded | | | | |