Merton, Victoria

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Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Merton is a locality on the Maroondah Highway in north-east Victoria, Australia, west of Bonnie Doon. At the Template:CensusAU, Merton had a population of 216.[1]

Merton Post Office opened on 1 July 1858.[2]

The railway to Mansfield arrived in the locality from Tallarook in 1890, and closed on 18 November 1978.[3] The last passenger service was on 28 May 1977.[4]

Merton has a picnic horse racing club, the Merton Amateur Turf Club (established in 1865), which holds its one race meeting a year with the Merton Cup on New Year's Day.[5]

Merton Memorial Hall was opened on 20 June 1923, under the official title of Merton Mechanics' Institute. Its name was changed to the current one in 1944.[6]

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