{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Australian place | type = town | name = Major Plains | state = vic | image = | caption = | lga = Rural City of Benalla | lga2 = City of Greater Shepparton | use_lga_map = yes | coordinates = {{coord|36|22|S|145|48|E|display=inline,title}} | postcode = 3725<ref name=GA/> | est = | pop = 37 | pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}} | pop_footnotes = <ref name="abs">{{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC21571 | name = Major Plains (State Suburb) | accessdate = 8 December 2020 | quick = on}}</ref> | elevation= | maxtemp = | mintemp = | rainfall = | stategov = [[Electoral district of Shepparton|Shepparton]] | stategov2 =[[Electoral district of Euroa|Euroa]] | fedgov = [[Division of Indi|Indi]] | fedgov2 = [[Division of Nicholls|Nicholls]] | dist1 = 226 | dir1 = N | location1= [[Melbourne]] | dist2 = 44 | dir2 = E | location2= [[Shepparton, Victoria|Shepparton]] | dist3 = 33 | dir3 = W | location3= [[Benalla, Victoria|Benalla]] }} '''Major Plains''' is a locality situated to the north-west of [[Benalla, Victoria|Benalla]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]].<ref name =GA>{{cite web | title=Major Plains | work=Gazetteer of Australia | publisher=Geoscience Australia | url=http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=248082 | accessdate=2009-06-21 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605043350/http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/gazd01?rec=248082 | archive-date=5 June 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It is 226 kilometres by road from [[Melbourne]].
The main east–west roads in the locality are Dookie-Devenish Road, Major Plains Road and Gooroombat-Dookie College Road (Thomas Road), while the main north–south roads are Duggans Road, Benalla Boundary Road (which divides the local government areas) and Roberts Road.<ref>{{cite web| title=Interactive Map|work=Land.vic.gov.au|url=http://services.land.vic.gov.au/landchannel/jsp/map/InteractiveMapIntro.jsp|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref>
A primary school operated in the locality between 1918 and 1946.<ref>{{cite web| title=Major Plains|work=Building Files:Primary Schools|url=http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/custom/jsp/daPublicBaseContainer.jsp|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref> The original Major Plains Post Office was opened on 1 July 1870 and was temporarily renamed as Devenish Post Office between 1874 and 1878 before closing in 1898. A post office was re-established in 1901 and operated until 1948.<ref>{{cite web|title=Post Office List |work=Premier Postal Auctions – Environment| url=https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=|accessdate=2009-06-21}}</ref>
The heavy clay soil originally supported a [[Eucalyptus microcarpa|grey box]] and [[Eucalyptus camaldulensis|red gum]] grassy woodland, and grassy wetlands to the north of Grogans Road. Native shrub species include mallee wattle (''[[Acacia montana]]''), hedge wattle (''[[Acacia paradoxa]]''), golden wattle (''[[Acacia pycnantha]]''), sweet bursaria (''[[Bursaria spinosa]]'') and drooping cassinia (''[[Cassinia arcuata]]'').<ref>{{cite web |title=Vegetation Profile for the Dookie Wetlands and Gilgai Plains |publisher=Department of Natural Resources & Environment |url=http://www.gbcma.vic.gov.au/revegetation/profiles/pdfs/dookie5.PDF |accessdate=2009-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001164435/http://www.gbcma.vic.gov.au/revegetation/profiles/pdfs/dookie5.PDF |archive-date=1 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{Towns in Mansfield Shire}} {{Towns in the City of Greater Shepparton}}
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[[Category:Towns in Victoria (state)]] [[Category:Shire of Mansfield]] [[Category:City of Greater Shepparton]]