VICTORIANS have dug deep for the Royal Children's Hospital, raising a record $16.4 million in the Good Friday Appeal.
The total of $16,405,534 eclipsed last year's record total of $15.82 million.
Good Friday Appeal executive director Deborah Hallmark described the result was "truly overwhelming".
"This is an amazing amount of money for the kids, from a dedicated community," she said in a statement on Saturday.
"Victorians and Australians are rightly very proud of The Royal Children's Hospital and the amazing work it does and this is reflected in their continued generosity to the Good Friday Appeal."
She said many tens of thousands of people had come together on Good Friday to deliver the record result.
Fundraising events took place across the state, while more than 100,000 volunteers shook collection tins on street corners.
More than $3.5 million was raised by collectors in rural and regional areas.
Geelong raised the most money outside Melbourne with $430,000 in donations.
Victorian Premier Denis Napthine did his bit - managing to raise $27,000 in just 30 seconds after reading an advertisement for Chemist Warehouse on radio, while in the Murray River town of Swan Hill a fishing competition was held to raise funds.
On Friday, Dr Napthine urged Victorians to dig deep for the hospital that has supported Victoria's sick and injured kids for more than a century.
"It's a great institution and it needs our support," he said.
The appeal has received more than $245 million since it began in 1931.
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