Outtrim

Outtrim is about 10 km south of Korumburrra in the South Gippsland hills, and about 122 km from Melbourne. Land was selected in the area from 1882 and the dense forest began to be cleared for farming. When black coal was discovered in 1892 the Outtrim Coal Mining Company was soon registered. The company was named after A.R. Outtrim, the Victorian Minister of Mines at the time. When town allotments were privately surveyed and sold, the town took its name from the mine.