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The small township of Moyston is about 240 kilometres north-west of Melbourne in the Grampians region of Victoria. Explorer Major Thomas Mitchell travelled through the area in 1836 and squatters took up sheep runs shortly after followed by the gold rush in surrounding areas.
Thomas Wentworth Wills, son of an early squatter is believed to have founded Australian Rules Football in Moyston incorporating features of a game played by Aboriginals he grew up with. Wills who was cofounder of the Melbourne Football Club, captain of an early Richmond team and captain of the Geelong Football Club played an estimated 172 games.
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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.
