Ruffy, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
36°59′0″S 145°30′0″E / 36.98333°S 145.50000°E / -36.98333; 145.50000- 175 km (109 mi) N of Melbourne
- 60 km (37 mi) E of Seymour
- 45 km (28 mi) N of Yea
- 24 km (15 mi) S of Longwood
- Shire of Strathbogie
- Shire of Murrindindi
Ruffy is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It straddles the border of the Shire of Strathbogie and the Shire of Murrindindi, 175 kilometres (109 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne.
At the 2021 census, Ruffy had a population of 164.[1]
The Post Office opened on 1 April 1881 as Terip Terip, was renamed Ruffy in 1895, and closed in 1974.[2]
Ruffy was the childhood home of Leslie Cecil Maygar, awarded the Victoria Cross in the Second Boer War.[3]
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External links
Media related to Ruffy, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons
- Ruffy Community website
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Localities in the Shire of Strathbogie
- Arcadia South
- Bailieston
- Balmattum
- Boho
- Boho South^
- Creek Junction^
- Creightons Creek
- Earlston
- Gooram^
- Goulburn Weir^
- Graytown
- Kelvin View
- Kirwans Bridge
- Kithbrook
- Koonda
- Locksley
- Longwood East
- Mangalore^
- Marraweeney
- Miepoll
- Mitchellstown
- Moglonemby
- Molka
- Moorilim^
- Moormbool West
- Nalinga^
- Pranjip
- Riggs Creek
- Ruffy^
- Sheans Creek
- Tabilk
- Tamleugh
- Tarcombe^
- Upotipotpon
- Upton Hill
- Wahring
- Whroo^
- Wirrate
^ - Territory divided with another LGA
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