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Town in Victoria, Australia
Yuroke
Melbourne, Victoria
Yuroke is located in MelbourneYurokeYurokeLocation in metropolitan Melbourne
Coordinates37°36′00″S 144°52′48″E / 37.600°S 144.880°E / -37.600; 144.880
Population123 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)3063
Elevation240 m (787 ft)
Location
LGA(s)City of Hume
State electorate(s)Kalkallo
Federal division(s)Calwell
Localities around Yuroke:
Oaklands Junction Mickleham Mickleham
Oaklands Junction Yuroke Craigieburn
Mickleham
Oaklands Junction Greenvale Greenvale

Yuroke is a 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.

Yuroke is located adjacent to the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, beyond the Urban Growth Boundary. It is located between Mickleham and Greenvale, on Mickleham Road.

History

Yuroke gets its name from an Indigenous word, "Eurok Iguana", the meaning of which remains unclear.

Yuroke Post Office opened around 1902 and closed in 1975.

Yuroke was the filming location for Melbourne band Painters & Dockers' single Nude School.

See also

References

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yuroke (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. Urban Growth Boundary map Archived 5 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Victoria place-names and their origin / by John George Saxton" (PDF). Deakin University. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  4. Miller, Jacinta (8 July 1992). "Name calling is serious". Broadmeadows Observer. p. 8.
  5. Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 25 March 2021
Suburbs of the City of Hume

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