Blampied is a town in the central highlands of
Victoria on the
Midland Highway. The town is in the
Shire of Hepburn
The Shire of Hepburn is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the central part of the state. It covers an area of and, in the 2021 Census the shire had a population of 16,604.
It includes the towns of Clunes, Creswick, ...
, north west of the state capital of
Melbourne
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. At the , Blampied and the surrounding area had a population of 212.
History
The town was named after Louis Blampied who built a hotel here which is now called the Swiss Mountain Inn.
Blampied Post Office opened on 20 November 1879 and closed in 1971.
References
Towns in Victoria (state)
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