Neerim South

Neerim South is the centre of a farming district in the foothills of the Great Dividing Ranges. It is in West Gippsland, 22 km north of Warragul and 124 km east of Melbourne. According to Bunce's Language of the Aborigines of the Colony of Victoria (1859), Neerim is an Aboriginal word meaning long, not short and spear.

Neerim South is the largest of five Neerim settlements. The others are Neerim North, Neerim Junction, Neerim and Neerim East.