Halls Gap is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on Grampians Road, adjacent to the Grampians National Park, in the Shire of Northern Grampians local government area. The town is set in the Fyans Valley at the foot of the of Wonderland and Mount William ranges. At the 2011 census Halls Gap had a population of 613. The approximate driving time from Melbourne is 3 hours.
History
The first settler was Charles Browning Hall who set out in search of a suitable grazing run when he found the cattle market at Port Phillip overstocked in 1841. Establishing a station just east of the Grampians in a spot known as "Mokepilli" to the indigenous inhabitants (probably the Tjapwurong tribe).
By following aboriginal tracks he came upon the gap which now bears his name.
Hall's Gap Post Office opened on 3 February 1893, closed in 1896, and reopened in 1902.
Today
Its chief industry is tourism, due to its location in the Grampians National Park. Australia's longest running Aboriginal cultural centre, Brambuk, is located in the town. The Halls Gap Zoo is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from town.
Golfers play at the course of the Halls Gap Golf Club on Red Gum Lease Track.
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