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Ballarat
Ballarat ( ) () is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australia and the third-largest city in Victoria.
Bendigo
Bendigo ( ), formerly known as Sandhurst, is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital.
Ararat
city in Victoria, Australia
Morwell
Morwell is a town in the Latrobe Valley area of Gippsland, in South-Eastern Victoria, Australia approximately 152 km (94 mi) east of Melbourne.
Castlemaine
city in Victoria, Australia
Maryborough
city in Victoria, Australia
Wonthaggi
Wonthaggi is a town located south east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass highways, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Known originally for its coal mining, it is now the largest town in South Gippsland, a regional area with extensive tourism, beef and dairy industries.
Kyneton
Kyneton ( ) is a town in the Macedon Ranges region of central Victoria, Australia. The Calder Freeway bypasses Kyneton to the north and east.
Beechworth
thumb|right|Spring Creek diggings, c. 1855. Photo by Walter B. Woodbury|Walter Woodbury. thumb|right|Church, Beechworth, c. 1855. Photo by Walter Woodbury. thumb|right|Woolshed Creek c. 1855. Photo by Walter Woodbury. thumb|277x277px|Woolshed Creek thumb|Beechworth historic precinct in Ford Street Beechworth is a town located in the north-east of Victoria, Australia, famous for its major growth during the gold rush days of the mid-1850s. At the , Beechworth had a population of 3,290.
Omeo
Omeo ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia on the Great Alpine Road, east of Mount Hotham, in the Shire of East Gippsland. At the 2016 census, Omeo had a population of 406. The name is derived from an Aboriginal word for 'mountains' or 'hills'. Omeo is affectionately known as the City of the Alps with many historic buildings remaining in the town. The town is still the commercial hub for the Omeo Region and is a service centre for outlying communities such as Benambra, Cobungra, Cassilis, Swifts Creek, and Ensay.
Stawell
town in Victoria, Australia
Bright
town in Victoria, Australia
Chiltern
town in Victoria, Australia
St Arnaud
town in Victoria, Australia
Mansfield
town in Victoria, Australia
Tallangatta
Tallangatta () is a town in north-eastern Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the banks of the Mitta Arm of Lake Hume, approximately south-east of Albury-Wodonga along the Murray Valley Highway. At the , Tallangatta had a population of 1,175.
Creswick
Creswick is a town in west-central Victoria, Australia, 18 kilometres north of Ballarat and 122 kilometres northwest of Melbourne, in the Shire of Hepburn. It is 430 metres above sea level. At the 2016 census, Creswick had a population of 3,170. Creswick was named after the Creswick family, the pioneer settlers of the region.
Daylesford
town in Victoria, Australia
Maldon
town in Victoria, Australia
Warrandyte
Warrandyte ( ) is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 24 km north-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Manningham local government area. It is built on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Woiworung language group of the Kulin Nation. Warrandyte recorded a population of 5,541 at the .
Warburton
town in Victoria, Australia
Altona
suburb of Melbourne, Australia
Beaufort
town in Victoria, Australia
Avoca
town in Victoria, Australia
Macedon
town in Victoria, Australia
Swifts Creek
small town in Victoria, Australia
Malmsbury
250px|thumb|The Mansions, a bluestone building in Malmsbury.
Rutherglen
town in Victoria, Australia
Clunes
town in Victoria, Australia
Kingston
town in Victoria, Australia
Linton
town in Victoria, Australia
Amphitheatre
town in Victoria, Australia
Walhalla
town in Victoria, Australia
Korumburra
Korumburra is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It is located on the South Gippsland Highway, south-east of Melbourne, in the South Gippsland Shire local government area. At the Korumburra had an urban population of 3,639. Surrounded by rolling green hills, the town is above the sea level of coastal Inverloch, about away.
Buchan
town in Victoria, Australia
Dunolly
Dunolly is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Dunolly - Maryborough Road, in the Shire of Central Goldfields. At the 2016 census, Dunolly had a population of 893, down from 969 in 2006.
Smythesdale
Smythesdale is a town in Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Glenelg Highway. Most of the town is located in the Golden Plains Shire local government area. Smythesdale is west of Ballarat and west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the , Smythesdale and the surrounding area had a population of 1,189. Smythesdale Primary School is a part of the Woady Yaloak PS with Ross Creek, Scarsdale, and Snake Valley as the other campus.
Campbells Creek
town in Victoria, Australia
White Hills
suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Adelaide Lead
town in Victoria, Australia
Buninyong
Buninyong is a town 11 km from Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Midland Highway, south of Ballarat on the road to Geelong.
Moliagul
Moliagul is a locality in the Shire of Central Goldfields and Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia, located northwest of Melbourne and west of Bendigo. The area is notable for the discovery of a number of gold nuggets. These finds include the world's largest, the Welcome Stranger, which was discovered in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates. At the , Moliagul had a population of 80.
Harrietville
Harrietville is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Great Alpine Road, in the Alpine Shire. At the , Harrietville and the surrounding area had a population of 338.
Black Hill
suburb of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Sebastopol
locality in Victoria, Australia
Allendale
town in Victoria, Australia
Wedderburn
town in Victoria, Australia
Quarry Hill
suburb of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Heathcote
town in Victoria, Australia
Inverloch
town in Victoria, Australia
St Andrews
town in Victoria, Australia
Bullengarook
Bullengarook is a locality in Victoria, Australia. The locality is centred on Bacchus Marsh Road, west of Gisborne and 19 km north of Bacchus Marsh. Bullengarook is in the Shire of Macedon Ranges local government area. At the 2011 Census, Bullengarook and the surrounding area had a population of 603. Mount Bullengarook, the Lerderderg State Park and the headwaters of Coimadai Creek are found to the south of the township.
Kilcunda
thumb|right|Kilcunda Beach And Bourne Creek Kilcunda is a seaside town located south east of Melbourne between Phillip Island and Wonthaggi near Dalyston via the South Gippsland Highway on the Bass Highway, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Known originally as a train station near Wonthaggi, it is now the location of a very popular swimming hole at the Bourne Creek Trestle Bridge and at the 2016 census, Kilcunda had a population of 578.
Yackandandah
Yackandandah is a town in northeast Victoria, Australia. It is near the regional cities of Wodonga and Albury, and is close to the tourist town of Beechworth. At the , the town had a population of 1,113, while the broader Yackandandah locality had a population of 2,008.