Merrigum is a town in the Goulburn Valley

Goulburn Valley

The Goulburn Valley is a region of Victoria, Australia. The region consists of those areas in the catchment of the Goulburn River and other nearby streams, and is part of the Murray-Darling Basin. The Goulburn Valley is bordered on the south by the Great Dividing Range and to the north by the...

 region of Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia. The town is in the City of Greater Shepparton

City of Greater Shepparton

The City of Greater Shepparton is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the northern part of the state. It has an area of 2,420 square kilometres, and in 2001 it had a population of 56,000...

 local government area, 197 kilometres (122.4 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne

Melbourne

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. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Merrigum had a population of 451.

Merrigum Post Office opened on 1 February 1875.

Golfers play at the course of the Merrigum Golf Club.

See also

• Merrigum Football Club
• Merrigum railway station, Victoria
  Merrigum railway station, Victoria
  Merrigum station was a railway station at Merrigum, on the Toolamba–Echuca line in Victoria, Australia. All that remains of the station is the mound on which the platform stood and a section of track placed in what was the rail yard....