Mansfield, Victoria

Mansfield
Victoria
Mansfield; Victoria
	Police memorial with the Mansfield Hotel in the background
	Mansfield
Coordinates	37°03′0″S 146°05′0″E / 37.05000°S 146.08333°E
Population	4,360 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	3722
Location	202 km (126 mi) NE of Melbourne ; 65 km (40 mi) S of Benalla ; 117 km (73 mi) E of Seymour ;
LGA(s)	Shire of Mansfield
State electorate(s)	Eildon
Federal division(s)	Indi

Mansfield is a small town at the base of the Victorian part of the Australian Alps. It is about 180 km (112 mi) north-east of Melbourne. In 2006 there were 4052 people living in Mansfield.

Mansfield is the centre of a large shire; it was made to join with the nearby town of Benalla 60 km (37 mi) away, to form Delatite Shire. Many people did not like this change and Mansfield became the first de-amalgamation in Victoria. Mansfield was once mainly a farming and logging town, but is now a tourist-centre. It is the support town for the large Australia ski resort Mt Buller. It is well known for the High Country tradition of alpine grazing, made famous in the movie The Man from Snowy River. This was made around Mansfield, based on the poem by Banjo Paterson.

↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mansfield (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

[abs-1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Mansfield (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 January 2014.

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