Mansfield, Victoria
Mansfield is a small town in the foothills of the Victorian Alps in the Australian state of Victoria. It is approximately 180 kilometres (110 mi) north-east of Melbourne by road. The population around Mansfield was 4,787 as at the 2016 census. The town itself has 3410 persons.
| Mansfield Victoria | |||||||||
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Police memorial with the Mansfield Hotel in the background | |||||||||
Mansfield | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°03′0″S 146°05′0″E | ||||||||
| Population | 3,410 (2016 census) | ||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3722 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 316 m (1,037 ft) | ||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Shire of Mansfield | ||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Eildon | ||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Indi | ||||||||
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Mansfield is the seat of the Mansfield local government area. Mansfield was formerly heavily dependent on farming and logging but is now a tourist centre. It is the support town for the large Australia ski resort Mount Buller. It is associated with the high-country tradition of alpine grazing, celebrated in the film made around Mansfield, near the now famous Craigs Hut, called The Man from Snowy River (based on a poem by Banjo Paterson).
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