Drouin, Shire of Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia
Postcode: 3818
Description: Township
Location: 7 km from Warragul
Named: From Aboriginal douran meaning north wind. But note that Frenchman Drouin invented a chlorination process for ore treatment. Originally named Whiskey Creek. (Blake)
Supposedly after a Frenchman who invented a chlorination process for the extraction of gold. (Wikipedia)
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute
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Warragul & District Historical Society
West Gippsland Genealogical Society
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