Musk is a locality in central 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 locality is in the Hepburn Shire

Hepburn Shire

The Shire of Hepburn is a Local Government Area in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the central part of the state. It includes the towns of Clunes, Creswick, Daylesford, Hepburn Springs and Trentham. It has an area of 1,463 square kilometres. In 2006 it had a population of 13,732...

 local government area, 109 kilometres (67.7 mi) north west of the state capital, Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

. 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,...

, Musk and the surrounding area had a population of 177.

Musk Creek Post Office opened around March 1879, was renamed Musk in 1937 and closed in 1974.