Lemnos, Victoria

Lemnos
Victoria
The entry to Lemnos Reserve
Lemnos
Location in Victoria
Coordinates36°21′S 145°27′E / 36.350°S 145.450°E / -36.350; 145.450
Population246 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)3630
Elevation115 m (377 ft)
Location
LGA(s)City of Greater Shepparton
RegionGoulburn Valley
State electorate(s)Shepparton
Federal division(s)Nicholls

Lemnos is a locality in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia, on the outskirts of the regional city of Shepparton. At the 2006 census, Lemnos had a population of 369, which had dropped to 246 at the 2016 census.

The locality was established in 1927 as a soldier settlement area after the First World War. It was named by Ernest Hill, a returned soldier and soldier settler, after the Greek island of Lemnos, which was an operational base for the Gallipoli campaign and to which wounded Australian soldiers were evacuated.

Lemnos has a state school, general store with a post office agency, and a large farming community. Lemnos is also home to a Campbell Soup Company factory. In 2020, Lemnos was the site of Australia's only surgical mask factory, operated by Med-Con Pty Ltd.