Bullarook

Bullarook is a locality in the Central Highlands in Victoria, near Ballarat.

Bullarook
Victoria
Bullarook is located in Shire of Moorabool
Bullarook
Bullarook
Coordinates37.5435°S 143.981°E / -37.5435; 143.981
Population99 (2016 census)[1]
Postcode(s)3352
Elevation563[2] 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 was home to the William Tell Quartz Mining Co., a gold mining company which was active until 1865.[3]

The town had a cricket club which operated during the 1920s.[4] The town had a State school, which operated from the 1860s to at least until the end of the First World War.[5][6][7] Bullarook was also serviced by the Sawyers' Arms and the Fellmongers' Arms Hotels.[8] The town has an Avenue of Honour, which was planted in August 1920.[9]

Notable residents

Denis Murphy - Hanged at Ballarat for a murder at Bullarook on 16 April 1867[10]

References


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