Pretty Sally

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| location = Victoria, Australia

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Pretty Sally or Pretty Sally Hill is a dormant volcanic cone located between Wallan and Kilmore in Victoria, Australia. It is 529 metres above sea level. It arises from the surrounding open undulating plains of the Kilmore Gap in the Great Dividing Range.{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=25751&cmd=sp|title=Map of Pretty Sally, VIC|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas|accessdate=27 August 2019}}

The original road to Sydney ran near the peak known as the Big Hill. Sally Smith (better known as "Pretty Sally") operated an unlicensed hotel there in the 1840s.{{cite web|title=From Our Seymour Correspondent|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4761883|accessdate=20 Jan 2013}} She died falling under her cart after striking a stump.{{cite web|title=From Our Seymour Correspondent|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4762230|accessdate=20 Jan 2013}}

The hill is skirted by a section of the Northern Highway, which was formerly part of the Hume Highway. By the 1930s Pretty Sally had gained a reputation as a notorious road accident black spot due a sharp turn near the crest of the hill.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12131046 |title=Hume Highway Danger|newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=23 May 1939 |accessdate=22 June 2011 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1979 the now closed Pretty Sally Roadhouse was used as the setting of Fat Nancy's in the film Mad Max.{{cite web|title=Pretty Sally Roadhouse|work=Mad Max Filming Locations|url=http://www.madmaxmovies.com/mad-max/filming-locations/pretty-sally-roadhouse/index.html |accessdate=22 June 2011}}

A fire tower is staffed during the bushfire season, generally from December to March. There is also a trig station on the hill and the Telstra Pretty Sally Radio Terminal which was part of the now decommissioned Melbourne - Sydney microwave radio system but is now used for Mobiles Phone and emergency service communications.