Gippsland

Gippsland, one of the four important districts into which Victoria, Australia, is divided, is so named after an early governor. It forms the south-east portion of Victoria, and has an area of 13,898 sq. m. Its length from west to east is 250 miles, and mean breadth about 80. It was originally called Caledonia Australis by Mr Macmillan, its first explorer (1839).