Type: | town |
Alma | |
State: | vic |
Use Lga Map: | yes |
Coordinates: | -37.0272°N 143.6778°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Lga: | Shire of Central Goldfields |
Postcode: | 3465 |
Pop: | 201 |
Stategov: | Ripon |
Fedgov: | Mallee |
Dist1: | 174 |
Dir1: | NW |
Location1: | Melbourne |
Dist2: | 78 |
Dir2: | N |
Location2: | Ballarat |
Dist3: | 93 |
Dir3: | SE |
Location3: | Bendigo |
Dist4: | 7 |
Dir4: | W |
Location4: | Maryborough |
Alma is a locality in Victoria, Australia, along the Maryborough - St Arnaud Road, west of Maryborough. In the, 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.