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Hopetoun is a small town with a population of about 700 located on the Henty Highway 395 kilometres north west of Melbourne.
The town is major service centre for the Southern Mallee area of Victoria and is the nearest town to the Wyperfeld NP, Victoria's 3rd largest National Park. The town was established in 1891 and named after the Victorian Governor Earl of Hopetoun.
Victoria is Australia's second smallest State and covers only 3% of Australia's land area but has the second highest population of all States and Territories. Victoria's mainland and islands have a total length of 2,512 kilometres coastline which is about 4.2% of Australia's 59,736 kilometres of coastline. Australia is the driest inhabited continent and Victoria is no exception although the state capital Melbourne has the reputation to have 4 seasons in one day. Victoria is located in the southeast of mainland Australia and includes the most southern point on mainland Australia at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
