Amphitheatre, Victoria

Amphitheatre, Victoria

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


caption =
lga = Pyrenees Shire
postcode = 3377
est =
pop = 291
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Ripon
fedgov = Wannon
dist1 = 183
dir1 = NW
location1= Melbourne
dist1 = 69
dir1 = NW
location1= Ballarat
dist1 = 49
dir1 = NE
location1= Ararat
dist1 = 13
dir1 = S
location1= Avoca

Amphitheatre is a small town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Pyrenees Highway in the Pyrenees Shire, south-west of Avoca. At the 2006 census, Amphitheatre and the surrounding area had a population of 291.Census 2001 AUS
id=SSC25019
name=Amphitheatre (State Suburb)
accessdate=2007-07-21
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Amphitheatre was originally located further south of its current location, in the natural amphitheatre after which it is named. A Post Office opened on June 22, 1859 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 ] .

At the end of the gold mining period of the late 1800s the township was moved to the highway. A plaque remains in the original location as the only reminder of this.

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