Alma, Victoria
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| Population | 692 (2006 census)[1] |
| Postcode(s) | 3465 |
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Central Goldfields |
| State electorate(s) | Ripon |
| Federal Division(s) | Bendigo |
Alma is a town in Victoria, Australia, along the Maryborough – St Arnaud Road, west of Maryborough. In the 2006 census, Alma and the surrounding area had a population of 692.[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 1 July 1861.[2] (closed 1969), and proclaimed in 1891. It had a peak population of 2,109.
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