Stanley is a small town approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Beechworth in Victoria, Australia, noted for its apple and nut farms.

The district has an important historic gold mining past and produced some colourful people during that heyday.

During the gold era, the Stanley region comprised a higher proportion of miners from Scotland, in comparison to other localities in the surrounding area (O'Brien).

The Post Office was officially recognised and opened on 1 October 1857 as Nine Mile Creek and was renamed Stanley the next year, but ceased trading in 2010.

[3] There remain only two of the original buildings in Stanley, they being the store and powder magazine at the rear and the old police lock-up on Collins Road.