Wallan
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Wallan from the top of Green Hill | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates: 37°25′S 144°59′E / 37.417°S 144.983°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Victoria | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 308 m (1,010 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 15,004 (2021 census) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 3756 | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Wallan Wallan | ||||||||||||
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Wallan /ˈwɒlən/ ⓘ, traditionally known as Wallan Wallan (large circular place of water), is a town in Victoria, 45 kilometres (28 miles) north of Melbourne's Central Business District. The town sits at the southern end of the large and diverse Shire of Mitchell which extends from the northern fringes of Melbourne into the farming country of north-central Victoria and the lower Goulburn Valley. The township flanks the Hume Freeway and is set against the backdrop of the Great Dividing Range. At the 2021 census it had a population of 15,004.