Alvie, Victoria

Alvie, Victoria

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


caption =
lga = Colac Otway Shire
postcode = 3249
est =
pop =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Polwarth
fedgov = Corangamite
dist1 = 166
dir1 = SW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 91
dir2 = W
location2= Geelong
dist3 = 16
dir3 = NW
location3= Colac

Alvie is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located along Baynes Road, in the Colac Otway Shire, north-west of Colac. It was named after a Scottish town of the same name, which was the birthplace of James MacPherson Grant, the Minister of Lands. [Kennedy, B: "Australian Place Names", page 5. ABC Books, 2006]

A Post Office was not opened here until June 27, 1894 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 ] and was closed in 1978.

Alvie has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Colac & District Football League.Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Alvie | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Alvie.htm | accessdate = 2008-07-25 ]

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