Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of … See more

Victoria's northern border follows a straight line from Cape Howe to the start of the Murray River and then follows the Murray River as the remainder of the northern border. On the Murray River, the border is the southern bank of the river. This precise definition was not … See more

In the year ending September 2020, the statistics were skewed by the introduction of six new public safety offences relating to the See more

Primary and secondary
Victoria's state school system dates back to 1872, when the colonial government legislated to make schooling both free and compulsory. The … See more

Indigenous Victorians
The state of Victoria was originally home to many Aboriginal Australian nations that had occupied the land for tens of thousands of years … See more

At June 2022 Victoria had a population of 6,613,700. The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that the population may well reach 7.2 million by 2050.
Victoria's founding Anglo-Celtic population has been supplemented by successive waves of See more

Parliament
Victoria has a parliamentary form of government based on the Westminster System. Legislative power resides in the Parliament … See more