Marysville Victoria | |||||||||
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Coordinates | 37°30′0″S 145°44′0″E / 37.50000°S 145.73333°E | ||||||||
Population | 501 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3779 | ||||||||
Elevation | 430 m (1,411 ft) | ||||||||
Location |
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LGA(s) | Shire of Murrindindi | ||||||||
State electorate(s) | Eildon | ||||||||
Federal division(s) | Indi | ||||||||
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Marysville is a town in the Shire of Murrindindi in Victoria, Australia, about 34 kilometres north-east of Healesville and 41 kilometres south of Alexandra. The town, which previously had a population of over 500 people,[2] was devastated by the Murrindindi Mill bushfire on 7 February 2009. On 19 February 2009 the official death toll was 45. Around 90% of the town's buildings were destroyed.[3][4][5][6][7] Prior to the Black Saturday fire the population in 2006 was 519.[8] At the 2011 Census, the population had reduced to 226,[9] by the 2016 census it had risen to 394.[10]