| Mount Egerton Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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 Mount Egerton General Store | |||||||||||||||
  Mount Egerton | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°37′S 144°06′E / 37.617°S 144.100°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 582 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3352 | ||||||||||||||
| Location | |||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Shire of Moorabool | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Eureka | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||||||||
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Mount Egerton is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the mountain by the same name in the Shire of Moorabool local government area, 97 kilometres (60 mi) north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Mount Egerton had a population of 582.[1]
It was named after settler George Egerton.[2]
The town's main street is Main Road which consists of the historic gold mine and battery, general store (now closed), and hall. The town also contains a primary school and recreational reserve. It is a historic gold mining word
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Mount Egerton (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Sayers, C; Darbyshire, John (1975). Old Gold & Mining Towns of Australia. Chatswood, New South Wales: Rigby Publishers. p. 19.
