Yuroke is a bounded rural locality in Victoria, Australia, 26 km (16 mi) north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Hume local government area. Yuroke recorded a population of 123 at the 2021 census.[1]
| Yuroke Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Yuroke Location in metropolitan Melbourne | |||||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 37°36′00″S 144°52′48″E / 37.600°S 144.880°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 123 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3063 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 240 m (787 ft) | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | City of Hume | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kalkallo | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Calwell | ||||||||||||||
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Yuroke is located adjacent to the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, beyond the Urban Growth Boundary.[2] It is located between Mickleham and Greenvale, on Mickleham Road.
History
editYuroke gets its name from an Indigenous word, "Eurok Iguana", the meaning of which remains unclear.[3][4]
Yuroke Post Office opened around 1902 and closed in 1975.[5]
Yuroke was the filming location for Melbourne band Painters & Dockers' single Nude School.
See also
edit- Shire of Bulla – Yuroke was previously within this former local government area.
- former Electoral district of Yuroke
References
edit- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yuroke (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ Urban Growth Boundary map Archived 5 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Victoria place-names and their origin / by John George Saxton" (PDF). Deakin University. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ Miller, Jacinta (8 July 1992). "Name calling is serious". Broadmeadows Observer. p. 8.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 25 March 2021
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