Chinkapook is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 67 km from Swan Hill. It is on the Robinvale railway line, 70 km south of the terminus at Robinvale.
| Chinkapook Victoria | |||||||||||||||
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  Chinkapook | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°11′S 142°57′E / 35.183°S 142.950°E | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 17 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 3546 | ||||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Rural City of Swan Hill | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Mallee | ||||||||||||||
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The Post Office opened on 12 September 1910 as Christmas Tank, was renamed Chinkapook in 1914 and closed in 1974.[3]
In 1990, popular youth ABC TV music program, Countdown Revolution hosted a live event at Chinkapook, which featured the band Roxus on stage.
Many of Australian poet John Shaw Neilson's notebooks were destroyed or severely damaged in a mouse plague at Chinkapook.[4] Douglas Stewart's poem "The Mice of Chinkapook" refers to this event.[5][6]
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The former CBA Bank. -
Entering Chinkapook -
Uniting Church.
References
edit- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chinkapook (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
- ^ Phoenix AuctionsHistory, Post Office List, retrieved 27 March 2021
- ^ Nancy Keesing (1978). "Introduction to The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson" (PDF). The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson. National Library of Australia. p. 22. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ Pierce, Peter (28 May 2011). "Tidy poetry of the parochial". The Australian. News Corporation. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "The Mice of Chinkapook". Australian Poetry Library. University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
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