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
MelbourneVictoria
Yuroke is located in Melbourne
Yuroke
Yuroke
Location in metropolitan Melbourne
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Coordinates37°36′00″S 144°52′48″E / 37.600°S 144.880°E / -37.600; 144.880
Population123 (2021 census)[1]
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 located adjacent to the Melbourne Metropolitan Area, beyond the Urban Growth Boundary.[2] It is located between Mickleham and Greenvale, on Mickleham Road.

History

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Yuroke 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

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References

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  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Yuroke (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 1 July 2022.  
  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