It is located on the Great Alpine Road, south of Omeo.

While there is no record of when the Tongio hotel was built, the earliest license was granted on 17 November 1884 to Jack Weston.

[3] As of the 2021 Australian census, 50 people resided in Tongio.

The median age of persons in Tongio was 57 years.

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