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Melton

Melton was first settled by squatters establishing sheep runs in the area in the 1830s and a small settlement benefited from traffic passing through it on the way to the Ballarat gold fields during the Victorian Gold Rush. The area was declared a satellite city in 1974 and a green belt existed between it and the urban area of Melbourne until the late 1990s. Melton is located on flat, largely featureless, former volcanic plains. To the south-east of Melton Township is Mount Cottrell, a blast-shield volcano, and to the north-east of the township is Mount Kororoit. These two volcanoes are some of the easternmost volcanoes on the Victorian Volcanic Plain which extends to the South Australian border.

Source: Wikipedia