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Jeparit with a population of about 580 is a service town in the wheatbelt of Victoria, 370km north-west from Melbourne. The town is situated on the Wimmera river which drains into the terminal lakes Lake Hindmarsh and Lake Albacutya before reaching the Wyperfeld flood plains.
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.