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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox Australian place
| type     = town
| name     = Lang Lang
| state    = vic
| image    = Lang Lang Aerial.jpg
| caption  =
| coordinates = {{coord|38|16|S|145|34|E|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_label_position = right
| lga      = Shire of Cardinia
| lga2     = Bass Coast Shire
| lga3     = South Gippsland Shire
| postcode = 3984
| pop      = 2,556
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2021 AUS | id = SAL21459 | name = Lang Lang (Suburbs and Localities) | accessdate = 10 July 2022 | quick = on}}</ref>
| est      =
| elevation= 2
| stategov = [[Electoral district of Bass|Bass]]
| fedgov   = [[Division of Monash|Monash]]
| dist1    = 73
| location1= [[Melbourne]]
| dist2    = 37
| location2= [[Cranbourne, Victoria|Cranbourne]]
| local_map = yes
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'''Lang Lang''' is a town in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], 73&nbsp;km south-east of [[Melbourne|Melbourne's]] [[Melbourne city centre|Central Business District]], located within the Shires of [[Bass Coast Shire|Bass Coast]], [[Shire of Cardinia|Cardinia]] and [[South Gippsland Shire|South Gippsland]] [[Local government areas of Victoria|local government area]]s. Lang Lang recorded a population of 2,556 at the [[2021 Australian census|2021 census]].<ref name=abs/>

The village is just off the [[South Gippsland Highway]] near its intersection with the [[Bass Highway (Victoria)|Bass Highway]], on the [[Lang Lang River]] and borders the region of Dalmore, a large [[asparagus]] growing region. Lang Lang also caters to beef, dairy farming and sand mines.

==Etymology==

Lang Lang was formerly known as Carrington, after [[Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire|Lord Carrington]].<ref name=LL>{{cite web |url=http://www.langlang.net/briefhistory.html |title=Brief History of Lang Lang |publisher=Lang Lang & District Historical Society |access-date=7 April 2014 }}</ref>

The origin of the name Lang Lang is debated. In the [[Australian Aboriginal languages|Australian Aboriginal]] [[Woiwurrung language]], the name ''Lang Lang'',<ref name=vicnames1>{{cite web |url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4182 |title=Lang Lang: 101776: Traditional Name: Lang Lang |work=VICNAMES |publisher=[[Government of Victoria (Australia)|Government of Victoria]] |date=12 August 2011 |access-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085519/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4182 |archive-date=7 April 2014 }}</ref> also spelled '''''Laang Laang''''', meant "stones" or "stony".<ref name=vicnames2>{{cite web |url=https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4181 |title=Lang Lang: 101776: Traditional Name: Laang Laang |work=VICNAMES |publisher=[[Government of Victoria (Australia)|Government of Victoria]] |date=12 August 2011 |access-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085327/https://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames/historicalInformation.html?method=edit&id=4181 |archive-date=7 April 2014 }}</ref>

An alternate explanation is that the town is named in honour of an early settler in the region, called Lang.<ref name=reed>{{cite book |author=Reed, A. W. |author-link=Alexander Wyclif Reed |title=Place names of Australia |year=1973 |edition=1st |location=Frenchs Forest |publisher=Reed Books |isbn=0-589-50128-3 |page=135 }}</ref>

==Location and features==

A Lang Lang post office opened on 20 May 1878. In 1891, after the arrival of the [[South Gippsland railway line|railway]], it was renamed Lang Lang West and a new Lang Lang office was opened near the station. A post office known as Lang Lang East opened in 1885 but was replaced by [[Nyora, Victoria|Nyora]] in 1890, again near the station.<ref name = "a">{{Citation| last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Lang*Lang* | access-date = 22 February 2021 }}</ref>

[[Holden|General Motors Holden]] operated the Lang Lang Vehicle Proving Ground,<ref name=lang-lang>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110628235657/http://www.holden.com.au/corporate/about-holden/environmentfacilities/facility-profiles/proving-groundholden-service-parts-operations Lang Lang Vehicle Proving Ground] Holden - Go Better</ref> a vehicle development, durability testing, safety test centre and exhaust emission facility, located on the South Gippsland Highway near Lang Lang.<ref>[https://maps.google.com.au/maps?q=-38.347109,145.572009&hl=en&ll=-38.352898,145.58404&spn=0.038837,0.069437&num=1&t=h&z=14 Lang Lang Vehicle Proving Ground location] Google Maps</ref>

A rodeo has been held regularly at Lang Lang on Easter Monday since the 1940s. The town has an [[Australian rules football]] team competing in the [[Ellinbank & District Football League]] as well as an netball team.<ref name="d">{{Citation|last=Full Points Footy |title=Lang Lang |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Lang_Lang.htm |access-date=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820023018/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/lang_lang.htm |archive-date=20 August 2008 }}</ref> Golfers play at the course of the Lang Lang Golf Club on the South Gippsland Highway, Nyora.<ref name = "golf">{{Citation  | author= Golf Select | title = Lang Lang | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1010 | access-date = 2009-05-11 }}</ref>

==Population==
In the 2016 Census, there were 1,585 people in Lang Lang. 84.8% of people were born in Australia and 92.9% of people spoke only English at home. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 38.2%, Anglican 20.4% and Catholic 18.6%.<ref name="abs"/>

==Transport==
{{main|Lang Lang railway station, Victoria}}
Lang Lang was formerly situated along the [[South Gippsland railway line|South Gippsland railway]] corridor that operated to its terminus at Yarram in the early 1980s and Leongatha in the mid 1990s. A V/Line road coach service replaced the rail service to Leongatha on 24 July 1993, running between Melbourne and Yarram. However, since the closure of the South Gippsland rail line with the exception of the locally run tourist railway between Nyora and Leongatha by the Kennett Victorian government on 14 December 1994, the South and West Gippsland Transport Group represented by the local council are campaigning for the rail services to be reinstated beyond the current terminus at Cranbourne by the 2020s.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131231000517/http://www.sgst.com.au/rail-return-an-election-issue/ Rail return an election issue] Sentinel Times17December 2013</ref>

==See also==
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* [[City of Cranbourne]] – Lang Lang was previously within this former local government area.
* [[Lang Lang railway station]]
* [[List of reduplicated Australian place names]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.langlang.net/ Lang Lang Township].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081227205835/http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/jsp/environmentcommunity/environmentcommunity.jsp?link=holdenenvironment&heading=facilities&topic=holden_proving_ground&id= Holden Proving Ground Lang Lang - Company website]

{{Bass Coast Shire towns}}
{{Shire of Cardinia suburbs}}
{{Towns in South Gippsland Shire}}
{{Coastal townships and localities of Western Port, Victoria}}

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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]]
[[Category:Shire of Cardinia]]