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    Mount Cottrell is a small town in Victoria, Australia located 31 km west of Melbourne with a population of 569 according to the 2016 Census. It is named after Anthony Cottrell, who was allotted the land in 1835-36. The town surrounds the 200m high volcanic cone Mount Cottrell, which was formed by lava flows and is one of the most significant volcanoes in the Werribee Plains. The land was purchased by Melton Council in 2007 to preserve its geological features and wildlife.

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    Mount Cottrell is a small town in Victoria, Australia located 31 km west of Melbourne with a population of 569 according to the 2016 Census. It is named after Anthony Cottrell, who was allotted the land in 1835-36. The town surrounds the 200m high volcanic cone Mount Cottrell, which was formed by lava flows and is one of the most significant volcanoes in the Werribee Plains. The land was purchased by Melton Council in 2007 to preserve its geological features and wildlife.

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    Mount Cottrell

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    Mount Cottrell is a small town in Victoria, Australia located 31 km west of Melbourne with a population of 569 according to the 2016 Census. It is named after Anthony Cottrell, who was allotted the land in 1835-36. The town surrounds the 200m high volcanic cone Mount Cottrell, which was formed by lava flows and is one of the most significant volcanoes in the Werribee Plains. The land was purchased by Melton Council in 2007 to preserve its geological features and wildlife.

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    Mount Cottrell is a town in Victoria, Australia, 31 km west

    of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Cities


    of Melton and Wyndham local government areas. Mount Cottrell
    recorded a population of 569 at the 2016 Census.
    It is named after Anthony Cottrell, a member of the Port Phillip
    association who was allotted the land by the company in about 1835–36.
    The original "No.10" hut was located about 1.5km north of the Mount
    Cottrell summit.[2]
    The town consists of mainly privately owned open land. It is named after
    the 200m high mountain it encompasses, called Mount Cottrell. Mount
    Cottrell is a volcanic cone formed by the radial eruption of numerous lava
    tongues, the most massive of the Werribee Plains volcanoes. The
    mountain was purchased by Melton Council in 2007 to preserve the
    significant geological and flora and fauna values on the site.
    Mount Cottrell Post Office opened on 1 January 1866, closed in 1895,
    reopened in 1902 and closed again in 1958

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