Merrijig

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]

Key Information

Merrijig Victoria
War memorial at Merrijig
Merrijig
Coordinates	37°06′S 146°15′E / 37.100°S 146.250°E / -37.100; 146.250
Population	721 (2021 census)[1]
Postcode(s)	3723
Location	201 km (125 mi) NE of Melbourne 19 km (12 mi) E of Mansfield 71 km (44 mi) NW of Mount Buller
LGA(s)	Shire of Mansfield
State electorate(s)	Eildon
Federal division(s)	Indi
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall[2]  ? ? 815.7 mm 32.1 in
Mean max temp	Mean min temp	Annual rainfall[2]
?	?	815.7 mm 32.1 in
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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.

 Media related to Merrijig at Wikimedia Commons

• Town website