Amherst is a suburb of South Western Victoria,
Victoria and is about 137 kms west-northwest of
VIC's capital city of Melbourne.
Amherst a town in Victoria, Australia is now located
in what is known as the Shire of Central Goldfields,
northwest of Talbot. After a discovery of gold
during the Gold Rush of 1853, the location of
Amherst became known as an extremely rich
goldfield soon thereafter