Alma, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Alma
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Central Goldfields
postcode = 3465
est =
pop = 691
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Ripon
fedgov = Bendigo
dist1 = 174
dir1 = NW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 78
dir2 = N
location2= Ballarat
dist3 = 93
dir3 = SE
location3= Bendigo
dist4 = 7
dir4 = W
location4= Maryborough

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.Census 2001 AUS
id=SSC25017
name=Alma (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-07-21
quick=on]

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 Citation

last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | access-date = 2008-04-11 ] (closed 1969), and proclaimed in 1891. It had a peak population of 2109.

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