Alma is a locality in Victoria,

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, along the Maryborough – St Arnaud Road, west of Maryborough. In the , 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 The Battle of the Alma (short for Battle of the Alma River) took place during the Crimean War between an allied expeditionary force (made up of French, British, and Ottoman forces) and Russian forces defending the Crimean Peninsula on 20Septe ...

in the

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. 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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Mining towns in Victoria (state) Towns in Victoria (state) 1860 establishments in Australia {{VictoriaAU-geo-stub