| Type: | town |
| Merrijig | |
| State: | vic |
| Coordinates: | -37.1°N 161°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Lga: | Shire of Mansfield |
| Use Lga Map: | yes |
| Postcode: | 3723 |
| Pop: | 721 |
| Pop Footnotes: | [1] |
| Stategov: | Eildon |
| Fedgov: | Indi |
| Dist1: | 201 |
| Dir1: | NE |
| Location1: | Melbourne |
| Dist2: | 19 |
| Dir2: | E |
| Location2: | Mansfield |
| Dist3: | 71 |
| Dir3: | NW |
| Location3: | Mount Buller |
Merrijig is a town in North-East Victoria, Australia, located between Mount Buller and Mansfield. At the, Merrijig and the surrounding area had a population of 721.[1]
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.
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".[2] The word 'merri' appears in numerous other Victorian Aboriginal place names.[3] 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.