Key Points in History

Nyora is located on the Western boundary of South Gippsland Shire adjacent to Cardinia Shire Council in the West and Baw Baw in the North.

Date	Key Point
1862	McDonald's Track surveyed between Lang Lang and Poowong.
1870's	Farm selections were taken up around future township then known as Lang Lang East.
1883	Lang Lang East Primary School opened. During the planning stages of the Great Southern Railway, Lang Lang East station was called Nyora.
1886	The Nyora township was proclaimed.
1890	The railway reached Nyora.
1893	Post office, blacksmiths, hotel andd a hall had been established.
1910	Nyora station became a junction stop to change trains to the Bass Valley dairy towns.
1960	Speedway was opened next to the recreation oval.
1978	Railway to Wonthaggi closed.
1993	Great Southern Railway closed.
2016	Tourist railway closed.