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Most of the coast of Victoria faces south onto [[Bass Strait]].

Most of the coast of Victoria faces south onto [[Bass Strait]].

Victoria is geographically the smallest mainland state in Australia (the island state of Tasmania, to the south of Victoria, is smaller), but the second most populated, with just over 5,000,000 residents, 3,600,000 (72%) of whom live in the greater Melbourne area.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3235.2.55.001 Population by Age and Sex, Victoria], Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2005.</ref>

Victoria is geographically the smallest mainland state in Australia (the island state of [[Tasmania]], to the south of Victoria, is smaller), but the second most populated, with just over 5,000,000 residents, 3,600,000 (72%) of whom live in the greater Melbourne area.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/3235.2.55.001 Population by Age and Sex, Victoria], Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 2005.</ref>

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