Alma, Victoria

Alma Victoria
Alma
Coordinates	37°1′38″S 143°40′40″E / 37.02722°S 143.67778°E / -37.02722; 143.67778Coordinates: 37°1′38″S 143°40′40″E / 37.02722°S 143.67778°E / -37.02722; 143.67778
Population	692 (2006 census)
Postcode(s)	3465
Location	174 km (108 mi) NW of Melbourne 78 km (48 mi) N of Ballarat 93 km (58 mi) SE of Bendigo 7 km (4 mi) W of Maryborough
LGA(s)	Shire of Central Goldfields
State electorate(s)	Ripon
Federal Division(s)	Bendigo

Alma is a town in Victoria, Australia, along the Maryborough – St Arnaud Road, west of Maryborough. In the 2006 census, Alma and the surrounding area had a population of 692.

Alma began as a gold-mining settlement and was named after the Battle of Alma in the Crimean War. It was surveyed in 1860, the Post Office opening on 1 July 1861. (closed 1969), and proclaimed in 1891. It had a peak population of 2,109.

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