Merrigum

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Merrigum

Air quality index

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Coordinates-36.37°, 145.13°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Merrigum is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. The town is in the City of Greater Shepparton local government area, 197 kilometres (122 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Merrigum had a population of 454.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

B

Barrie Vagg

Australian rules footballer

Brett Deledio

Australian rules footballer

C

Cynna Kydd

Australian netball player

F

Felice Arena

Australian children's writer and actor

G

George Parkinson

Australian rules footballer, born 1892

Harold Rumney

Australian rules footballer (1907–1987)

J

Jim Higgs

Australian cricketer

Joe Langtry

Australian politician

P

Pat Morrissey

Australian footballer

Richard Farleigh

Australian private investor

A

Allan “Sols” Salisbury

Australian cartoonist

T

Tom McCluskey

Australian rules footballer (1890–1917)

T

Tom Tehan

public servant, lawyer and politician in Victoria, Australia (1916-1996)

P

Percy Outram

Australian rules footballer

A

Arch Shields

Australian rules footballer (1914-1995)

D

Daniel Hitchcock

Australian politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Victoria

• Lancaster
  4.1 mi away
• Cooma
  4.6 mi away
• Girgarre
  8.7 mi away · pop. 181
• Waranga Shores
  11.6 mi away
• Wyuna
  12.7 mi away
• Tongala
  13.2 mi away · pop. 1,331
• Shepparton
  14.8 mi away
• Shepparton
  14.8 mi away · pop. 32,067
• Kialla West
  15.6 mi away · pop. 222
• Central Kialla
  17.4 mi away
• Murchison East
  17.8 mi away
• Wanalta
  20.7 mi away

Browse all places in Victoria →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Merrigum

Merrigum Frank

Lillian Louisa Pitts · 1990

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Common Bluetongue

Tiliqua scincoides

Seen 2026-08-23

Grey Teal

Anas gracilis

Seen 2026-08-22

Whistling Kite

Haliastur sphenurus

Seen 2026-08-22

Red-rumped Parrot

Psephotus haematonotus

Seen 2026-08-22

Chestnut Teal

Anas castanea

Seen 2026-08-22

Southeastern Australasian Swamphen

Porphyrio melanotus melanotus

Seen 2026-08-22

Noisy Miner

Manorina melanocephala

Seen 2026-08-22

Australian Magpie

Gymnorhina tibicen

Seen 2026-08-22

Eurasian Coot

Fulica atra

Seen 2026-08-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).