Alma, Victoria

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Alma
Victoria
Population: 691[1]
Postcode: 3465
Location:
LGA: Shire of Central Goldfields
State District: Ripon
Federal Division: Bendigo

Alma is a town in Victoria, Australia, located along the Maryborough - St Arnaud Road, west of Maryborough. In the 2006 census, Alma and the surrounding area had a population of 691.[1]

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 July 1, 1861 [2] (closed 1969), and proclaimed in 1891. It had a peak population of 2109.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (9 March 2006). Alma (State Suburb). 2001 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-07-21.
  2. ^ Premier Postal History, Post Office List, <https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=>. Retrieved on 11 April 2008 

Coordinates: 37°1′38″S 143°40′40″E / -37.02722, 143.67778

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