| State | vic |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 37°46′S 142°06′E |
| Lga | Shire of Southern Grampians |
| Postcode | 3301 |
| Pop | 328 |
| Stategov | Lowan |
| Fedgov | Wannon |
| Dist 1 | 314 |
| Dir 1 | W |
| Location 1 | Melbourne |
| Dist 2 | 9 |
| Dir 2 | SE |
| Location 2 | Hamilton |
Tarrington is a village in the Southern Grampians Shire in South-west Victoria, Australia close to Hamilton. It has a large Lutheran Church, along with a school, church, hall, oval, cafe/restaurant, computer repair service, quarry, day-care centre and a fire station. At the , Tarrington had a population of 328.[1]
Tarrington was formerly known as Bukecy or Hochkirch, named by Sorbian immigrants coming from the area of that name in Saxony, Germany.[2] The town was settled in the early 1860s and the Hochkirch Post Office opened on 15 February 1861 (now closed and replaced by a hut that houses PO boxes) and renamed Tarrington on 1 March 1918 due to the anti-German sentiment of that time.[3]
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- ^ "Tarrington/Hochkirch, Victoria". German Australia. German Australia. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, "Post Office List", retrieved 6 March 2021