Alma, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
37°1′38″S 143°40′40″E / 37.02722°S 143.67778°E / -37.02722; 143.67778- 174 km (108 mi) NW of Melbourne
- 78 km (48 mi) N of Ballarat
- 93 km (58 mi) SE of Bendigo
- 7 km (4 mi) W of Maryborough
Alma is a locality in Victoria, Australia, along the Maryborough – St Arnaud Road, west of Maryborough. In the 2006 census, Alma and the surrounding area had a population of 692.[2]
Alma began as a gold-mining settlement and was named after the Battle of Alma in the Crimean War. It was surveyed in 1860, the Post Office opening on 1 July 1861.[3] (closed 1969), and proclaimed in 1891. It had a peak population of 2,109.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Alma (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Alma (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 March 2010.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 6 March 2021
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Localities in the Shire of Central Goldfields
- Adelaide Lead
- Alma
- Amherst
- Archdale^
- Archdale Junction^
- Bet Bet
- Betley
- Bowenvale
- Bromley
- Caralulup
- Cotswold
- Craigie
- Daisy Hill
- Dunach
- Dunluce
- Eddington^
- Emu^
- Flagstaff
- Golden Point
- Goldsborough^
- Havelock
- Inkerman^
- Joyces Creek^
- Majorca
- Moliagul^
- Moolort^
- Moonlight Flat
- Mount Glasgow
- Mount Hooghly
- Natte Yallock^
- Rathscar^
- Red Lion
- Simson
- Strathlea^
- Timor
- Timor West
- Wareek^
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
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