Meredith is a town in Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

, Australia, located on the Midland Highway

Midland Highway

The Midland Highway links major towns in Victoria , beginning from Geelong and leading all the way to Mansfield. It winds through country Victoria in a large arc, travelling via the towns of Ballarat, Bendigo and Shepparton...

 between Ballarat and Geelong.

Meredith Post Office opened on 1 November 1854 and the railway came to the town with the opening of the Geelong-Ballarat line in 1862, with the local railway station

Meredith railway station, Victoria

Meredith is a closed railway station on the Geelong–Ballarat railway line located in the township of Meredith, Victoria, Australia. The station has a crossing loop while the station building is fenced off from the platform and is in private ownership. Although there are no V/Line trains serving the...

 opened soon after. Now only grain and freight trains use the line. At the 2006 census

Census in Australia

The Australian census is administered once every five years by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The most recent census was conducted on 9 August 2011; the next will be conducted in 2016. Prior to the introduction of regular censuses in 1961, they had also been run in 1901, 1911, 1921, 1933,...

, Meredith had a population of 1,118.

Meredith has been host to the Meredith Music Festival

Meredith Music Festival

The Meredith Music Festival is a three-day outdoor music festival held every December at the Supernatural Amphitheatre, a natural amphitheatre located on private farmland near the town of Meredith in Victoria, Australia...

since 1991.

Golfers play at the course of the Meredith Golf Club on the Midland Highway.