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Happy Valley Victoria
Happy ValleyLocation in Golden Plains Shire
Coordinates	37°43′12″S 143°36′20″E / 37.72000°S 143.60556°E / -37.72000; 143.60556
Population	85 (2016 census)
Postcode(s)	3360
LGA(s)	Golden Plains Shire
State electorate(s)	Eureka Ripon
Federal division(s)	Wannon
Localities around Happy Valley: Linton Snake Valley Scarsdale Skipton Happy Valley Piggoreet Mannibadar Cape Clear Springdallah

Happy Valley is a locality in the Local Government Area of the Golden Plains Shire.

History

Gold was discovered in the area, originally called "Wardy Yallock" (thought to have meant "winding yellow river" of Aboriginal origins) in 1849 as part of the Australian gold rushes, with intensive mining beginning in 1853. The Aboriginal name is also given as Molong ghip. Mining Continued until the 1900s. The naming comes from the amount of gold found in the area.

Demographics

References

1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Happy Valley (Golden Plains - Vic.) (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/806766 Bailliere’s Victorian gazetteer (1865)
4. "Native names of hills, rivers, lakes, and other natural features in Victoria" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
5. "Happy Valley | Victorian Places".

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Town	Anakie^ Bannockburn Batesford^ Cambrian Hill Dereel Durham Lead^ Enfield Haddon Inverleigh^ Lethbridge Linton^ Maude Meredith^ Napoleons Rokewood Ross Creek Scarsdale Shelford Smythes Creek^ Smythesdale^ Teesdale
Locality	Bamganie Barunah Park Berringa Berrybank^ Campbelltown^ Cape Clear Corindhap Cressy^ Durdidwarrah Garibaldi Gheringhap Glengower^ Grenville^ Happy Valley Hesse Illabarook Mannibadar Morrisons^ Mount Bute^ Mount Cameron^ Mount Mercer Murgheboluc Newtown Nintingbool Piggoreet Pitfield Pittong^ Rokewood Junction Russells Bridge She Oaks Springdallah Staffordshire Reef Steiglitz Stonehaven Stony Creek Sutherlands Creek Wallinduc Werneth^ Willowvale Wingeel^
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