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Magpie

Magpie is a town in the , Victoria, Australia. During the 1850s, gold was found at Frenchmans Lead, which essentially created the township.
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  • Type: Suburb with 361 residents
  • Description: locality in Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Magpie, Victoria” and “Magpie, Victoria, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Damascus College Ballarat.

School
Damascus College is ’s only Catholic co-educational secondary college. It was established in 1995 after three separate Catholic colleges, St Martin's in the Pines, Sacred Heart College and St Paul's College amalgamated. is situated 3½ km northeast of Magpie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buninyong and Napoleons.

Town
is a town 11 km from in Victoria, . The town is on the Midland Highway, south of Ballarat on the road to . was proclaimed a town on 27 June 1851 on the same day as Winchelsea, Portarlington, Longwood, Avenel, Cavendish, Euroa and Gisborne. is situated 3 km southeast of Magpie.

Village
is a town in Victoria, in the local government area, 131 kilometres west of the state capital, . At the 2016 census, had a population of 553. is situated 5 km southwest of Magpie.

Photo: Tiimta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city about 110 km north-west of in the region of . is most noted as a former goldmining town with excellent examples of Australian colonial architecture, and as the site of the famous miners' revolt at the Eureka Stockade in 1854.

Magpie

Latitude
-37.63826° or 37° 38′ 18″ south
Longitude
143.85174° or 143° 51′ 6″ east
Population
361
Elevation
422 metres (1,385 feet)
Open location code
4RJ59V62+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2741044522
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2159099
Wiki­data ID
Q24190620
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