Dean, Victoria

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| name = Dean

| state = vic

| image = DeanHotel1.JPG

| caption = The Dean Hotel, now closed

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| pop = 120

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC20717 |name=Dean (State Suburb) |accessdate=18 March 2018 |quick=on}}

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| postcode = 3363

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| dist1 = 120

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| location1 = Melbourne

| dist2 = 19

| dir2 = NE

| location2 = Ballarat

| dist3 = 10

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| location3 = Creswick, Victoria

| lga = Shire of Hepburn

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| stategov = Ripon

| fedgov = Ballarat

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Dean is a small township in Victoria, Australia. It is located in the Shire of Hepburn {{convert|120|km|mi}} west of the state capital, Melbourne and {{convert|16|km|mi}} north-east of Ballarat, close to the Ballarat-Daylesford Road. The Dean Post Office opened on 2 September 1861 and closed in 1980.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Dean* | access-date = 6 April 2021 }}

At the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Dean had a population of 120.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC20717 |name=Dean|accessdate=19 July 2017|quick=on}}