Merrijig
Town in Victoria, Australia
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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]
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| Coordinates: 37°06′S 146°15′E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
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| • Total | 721 (2021 census)[1] |
| Postcode | 3723 |
| Annual rainfall | 815.7 mm (32.11 in)[2] |
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.[3]
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".[4] The word 'merri' appears in numerous other Victorian Aboriginal place names.[5] 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.
