Merton is a small town on the Maroondah Highway

Maroondah Highway

Maroondah Highway , is a major east-west thoroughfare in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and a highway servicing the lower alpine region Victoria, Australia.-History:...

 in north-east 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....

, west of Bonnie Doon

Bonnie Doon, Victoria

Bonnie Doon is a small village in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Maroondah Highway, in the Shire of Mansfield. Bonnie Doon is 115 kilometres north-east from Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Bonnie Doon and the surrounding area had a population of 755....

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Merton Post Office opened on 1 July 1858.

The railway to Mansfield arrived in the town from Tallarook

Tallarook, Victoria

Tallarook is a town in Victoria, Australia located on the Hume Highway, north of the state capital, Melbourne. The town is in the Shire of Mitchell Local Government area. At the 2006 census, Tallarook had a population of 258....

 in 1890, and closed on November 18, 1978. The last passenger service was on May 28, 1977.

Merton has a picnic horse racing club

Picnic horse racing

Picnic horse racing, or more usually picnic races or more colloquially "the picnics" refer to amateur Thoroughbred horse racing meetings, predominantly in Australia. The meetings are organized by amateur clubs, the jockeys are amateur riders, or sometimes former professional jockeys...

, the Merton Amateur Turf Club (established in 1865), which holds its one race meeting a year with the Merton Cup on New Years Day.