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Mount Beauty, Victoria
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| Mount Beauty Victoria |
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 Mount Beauty |
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| Population: | 873 (2006)[1] | ||||||
| Postcode: | 3699 | ||||||
| Elevation: | 365.8 m (1,200 ft) | ||||||
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| LGA: | Alpine Shire | ||||||
| State District: | Benalla | ||||||
| Federal Division: | Division of Indi | ||||||
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Mount Beauty is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Alpine Shire local government area.
The town was originally established by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria to house construction workers from the Kiewa Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949,[2] passing to the control of the local shire council in 1967 after construction was completed.[3]
A hang gliding competition, the Bogong Cup, is held in January each year.
Mount Beauty is a launching point for trips to the ski resort, Falls Creek and to the Bogong High Plains. To this end there are several ski hire shops, several eateries and a bus company doing daily trips to and from the end of the road at Falls Creek.
This town also has great views to the mountains, such as Mount Bogong and the peaks that are of interest to so many tourists coming through the town.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Mount Beauty (State Suburb). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-01.
- ^ History of Mount Beauty and the Kiewa Valley
- ^ Edwards, Cecil (1969). Brown Power. A jubilee history of the SECV. State Electricity Commission of Victoria.
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