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Welcome to Victorian Places

Hop on the historic W-class tram and hop off at any one of over 1600 destinations throughout Victoria (Australia). Along the way you can discover the history of every town, city, suburb, village and settlement with a population of over 200 people.

Hop on the historic W-class tram and hop off at any one of over 1600 destinations throughout Victoria (Australia). Along the way you can discover the history of every town, city, suburb, village and settlement with a population of over 200 people.

This is a website containing the history of all the places in Victoria (Australia) that have now or once had a population over 200 at any time since the establishment of Victoria as a British colony.

Navigate using SEARCH  or BROWSE A-Z. Move through the A-Z headwords using the arrows at the top of each page. Click on an image to enlarge and read the full caption. Any errors are notifiable via the CONTACT option to the editors.

New material will be added periodically to the database and census figures updated at each census. The next census will be held in 2016.

The project is a joint initiative of Monash University and the University of Queensland.