Merrijig

Merrijig
Victoria
War memorial at Merrijig
Merrijig is located in Shire of Mansfield
Merrijig
Merrijig
Coordinates37°06′S 146°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.

  1. ^ a b "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
  4. ^ [1]