Alma, Victoria Explained

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.