Birchip is a rural town on the Sunraysia Highway and the railway line from Melbourne to Mildura, north-west Victoria. It is approximately 270 km north-west of Melbourne and on the eastern fringe of the Mallee region. Birchip was the administrative centre of Birchip Shire (1895-1995).
Birchip was named after the Wirrumbirchip pastoral run which was taken up in 1842. The name is thought to be derived from an Aboriginal expression describing the track followed around the dense Mallee country when travelling towards Swan Hill.
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