Gippsland is an economic rural region that
occupies much of the south-eastern part of
Victoria, Australia.

Gippsland covers an area of 41,556 square
kilometres (16,045 sq mi), Gippsland lies to the
east of the eastern suburbs of Greater Melbourne,
to the north of Bass Strait, to the
west of the Tasman Sea, to the south of the Black-
Allan Line that marks part of the
Victorian/New South Wales border, and to the east
and southeast of the Great Dividing Range that lies
within the Hume region and the Victorian Alps. The
region is best known for its primary production
such as mining, power generation and farming as
well as its tourist
destinations— Phillip Island, Wilsons Promontory,
the Gippsland Lakes, Walhalla, the Baw Baw
Plateau, and the Strzelecki Ranges.