Merrijig

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Merrijig
Victoria
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War memorial at Merrijig
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Merrijig
Coordinates 37°06′S146°15′E / 37.100°S 146.250°E / -37.100; 146.250
Population721 (2021 census) [1]
Postcode(s) 3723
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Mansfield
State electorate(s) Eildon
Federal division(s) Indi

Merrijig is a town in North-East Victoria, Australia, located between Mount Buller and Mansfield. At the 2021 census, Merrijig and the surrounding area had a population of 721. [1]

The first Merrijig Post Office opened on 4 October 1866 and was replaced by Boggy Creek in 1867. Another Merrijig Post Office opened on 1 April 1866 (known as Delatite from 1872 until 1924) and closed in 1970. [2]

A second placename in Victoria named "Merrijig" exists in East Gippsland, about 10 kilometres north of Lindenow.

Merrijig is an Aboriginal word that may mean "good, well done". [3] The word 'merri' appears in numerous other Victorian Aboriginal place names. [4] Most other nearby area names derived from Indigenous Elders (& relatives) names, and end in the suffix “ite”; for example, Delatite, Booralite & Beolite.

The feature film The Man from Snowy River was shot in Merrijig. It is also the location of Nevil Shute's novel The Far Country.

Merrijig is also home to Timbertop, a campus of Geelong Grammar School at the foot of Mount Timbertop.

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References

  1. 1 2 "2021 Census QuickStats Merrijig (Mansfield - Vic)". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  2. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List , retrieved 24 March 2021
  3. The Aboriginal and Other Meanings of many of our Region's Town Names

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