Elphinstone, Victoria

Elphinstone, Victoria

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


caption =
lga = Shire of Mount Alexander
postcode = 3448
coordinates = coord|37|6|S|144|20|E|type:city_region:AU|display=inline,title
est =
pop = 736
elevation= 422
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Bendigo West
fedgov = Bendigo
dist1 = 111
dir1 = NW
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 43
dir2 = S
location2= Bendigo
dist3 = 13
dir3 = E
location3= Castlemaine
near-nw = Barkers Creek
near-n = Metcalfe
near-ne = Metcalfe
near-w = Fryerstown
near-e = Metcalfe
near-sw = Fryerstown
near-s = Drummond North
near-se = Kyneton

Elphinstone is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town sits at the junction of the former Calder Highway and the former Pyrenees Highway. Its local government area is the Shire of Mount Alexander. The town has a disused railway station on the Bendigo Line. At the 2006 Census, Elphinstone and the surrounding area had a population of 736.Census 2006 AUS
id=SSC25567
name=Elphinstone (State Suburb)
accessdate=2008-01-26
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Elphinstone Post Office opened on 1 February 1854. Citation

last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

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