Alma, Victoria

Alma
Victoria
Alma
Coordinates37°1′38″S 143°40′40″E / 37.02722°S 143.67778°E / -37.02722; 143.67778
Population201 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)3465
Location
LGA(s)Shire of Central Goldfields
State electorate(s)Ripon
Federal division(s)Mallee

Alma is a locality in Victoria, Australia, along the Maryborough St Arnaud Road, west of Maryborough. In the 2006 census, Alma and the surrounding area had a population of 692.

Alma began as a gold-mining settlement and was named after the Battle of Alma in the Crimean War. It was surveyed in 1860, the Post Office opening on 1 July 1861. (closed 1969), and proclaimed in 1891. It had a peak population of 2,109.