Bullarook

Bullarook
Victoria
Bullarook
Coordinates 37°32′37″S 143°58′52″E / 37.5435°S 143.981°E / -37.5435; 143.981Coordinates: 37°32′37″S 143°58′52″E / 37.5435°S 143.981°E / -37.5435; 143.981
Population 385 (Springbank) (2011 census)
Postcode(s) 3352
Elevation 563[1] m (1,847 ft)
Location
LGA(s) Shire of Moorabool
State electorate(s) Buninyong
Federal Division(s) Ballarat
Mean max temp Mean min temp Annual rainfall
18.1 °C
65 °F
7.4 °C
45 °F
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Bullarook is a locality in the Central Highlands in Victoria, near Ballarat.

Bullarook was home to the William Tell Quartz Mining Co., a gold mining company which was active until 1865.[2]

The town had a cricket club which operated during the 1920s.[3] The town had a State school, which operated from the 1860s to at least until the end of the First World War. [4][5][6] Bullarook was also serviced by the Sawyers' Arms and the Fellmongers' Arms Hotels.[7] The town has an Avenue of Honour, which was planted in August 1920.[8]

Notable residents

Denis Murphy - Hanged at Ballarat for a murder at Bullarook on 16th April 1867[9]

References

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