Yuroke

Yuroke
Melbourne, Victoria
Yuroke; Melbourne, Victoria
	Yuroke Location in metropolitan Melbourne
Coordinates	37°36′00″S 144°52′48″E / 37.600°S 144.880°E
Population	123 (2021 census)
Postcode(s)	3063
Elevation	240 m (787 ft)
Location	26 km (16 mi) NW of Melbourne ; 6 km (4 mi) W of Craigieburn ;
LGA(s)	City of Hume
State electorate(s)	Kalkallo
Federal division(s)	Calwell
	Localities around Yuroke:

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 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

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.

References

^ ^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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[abs-1] 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.

[namehistory-4] Miller, Jacinta (8 July 1992). "Name calling is serious". Broadmeadows Observer. p. 8.

[a-5] Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 25 March 2021

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