Greta is a district in Victoria, Australia, located east of Benalla, in the Rural City of Wangaratta.

The nearby town of Benalla was connected to the railway network in 1873, which reduced traffic through the Greta district, and it became principally a farming community.

Ned Kelly's relatives granted his last wish to be buried at his birthplace on 20 January 2013 in Greta Cemetery near his mother in consecrated ground.

Over time the post office moved further East and the town virtually relocated to the current boundaries.

Greta regularly contested the finals over the ensuing decade, but only once, in 1954, under the coaching of Ken Bodger, was it successful in claiming a premiership.

The mid-1960s saw the Blues embark on their most sustained period of success to date, contesting five consecutive grand finals between 1964 and 1968, for flags in the middle three years.

The early 1970s saw Greta continuing as a regular premiership threat without managing to break through, but then in 1976 the side failed to qualify for the finals for the first time in eighteen seasons.

Geoff Lacey, who would go on to win a Baker Medal in 1984, was in the first of an eventual three season stint as captain-coach, but he proved unable to build on the 1980 success.

Opposed in the grand final by archrival Chiltern, Greta was really only supposed to be there to make up the numbers, but ended up winning at a canter by 66 points, 19.13 (127) to 9.7 (61).