Dean is a small township in

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, Australia. It is located in the

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west of the state capital,

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and north-east of Ballarat, close to the Ballarat-Daylesford Road. The Dean Post Office opened on 2 September 1861 and closed in 1980. At the , Dean had a population of 120.

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