Mansfield, Victoria
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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.[1] The town itself has 3410 persons.
Mansfield Victoria | |||||||||
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Coordinates | 37°03′0″S 146°05′0″E | ||||||||
Population | 3,410 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||
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).