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Town in Victoria, Australia

Ruffy Victoria
The main street of Ruffy, looking from the produce store towards the school
Ruffy
Coordinates	36°59′0″S 145°30′0″E / 36.98333°S 145.50000°E / -36.98333; 145.50000
Population	164 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)	3666
Location	175 km (109 mi) N of Melbourne 60 km (37 mi) E of Seymour 45 km (28 mi) N of Yea 24 km (15 mi) S of Longwood
LGA(s)	Shire of Strathbogie Shire of Murrindindi
State electorate(s)	Eildon
Federal division(s)	Indi

Ruffy is a locality in Victoria, Australia. It straddles the border of the Shire of Strathbogie and the Shire of Murrindindi, 175 kilometres (109 mi) north of the state capital, Melbourne.

At the 2021 census, Ruffy had a population of 164.

The Post Office opened on 1 April 1881 as Terip Terip, was renamed Ruffy in 1895, and closed in 1974.

Ruffy was the childhood home of Leslie Cecil Maygar, awarded the Victoria Cross in the Second Boer War.

References

^ "2021 Census QuickStats Ruffy". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
Phoenix Auctions History. "Post Office List". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
"VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENTS - EUROA LONGWOOD RUFFY". Archived from the original on 11 August 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.

[REDACTED] Media related to Ruffy, Victoria at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Localities in the Shire of Strathbogie
Town	Avenel^ Baddaginnie^ Euroa Longwood Nagambie Strathbogie Violet Town^
Locality	Arcadia South Bailieston Balmattum Boho Boho South^ Creek Junction^ Creightons Creek Earlston Gooram^ Goulburn Weir^ Graytown Kelvin View Kirwans Bridge Kithbrook Koonda Locksley Longwood East Mangalore^ Marraweeney Miepoll Mitchellstown Moglonemby Molka Moorilim^ Moormbool West Nalinga^ Pranjip Riggs Creek Ruffy^ Sheans Creek Tabilk Tamleugh Tarcombe^ Upotipotpon Upton Hill Wahring Whroo^ Wirrate
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

v t e Localities in the Shire of Murrindindi
Town	Alexandra Buxton Castella Eildon Flowerdale^ Glenburn Kinglake^ Kinglake Central Kinglake West^ Marysville^ Merton^ Narbethong Pheasant Creek Strath Creek Taggerty Thornton Toolangi^ Yea
Locality	Acheron Cathkin Caveat Devils River Dropmore Enochs Point^ Fawcett Ghin Ghin Gobur Gooram^ Highlands^ Homewood Kanumbra^ Kerrisdale Killingworth Koriella Limestone Maintongoon Molesworth Murrindindi Rubicon Ruffy^ Taylor Bay Terip Terip Trawool^ Whanregarwen Yarck
^ - Territory divided with another LGA

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