Bullarook is a locality in the Central Highlands in Victoria, near Ballarat.
Bullarook Victoria | |||||||||
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![]() ![]() Bullarook | |||||||||
Coordinates | 37.5435°S 143.981°E / -37.5435; 143.981 | ||||||||
Population | 99 (2016 census)[1] | ||||||||
Postcode(s) | 3352 | ||||||||
Elevation | 563[2] m (1,847 ft) | ||||||||
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LGA(s) | Shire of Moorabool | ||||||||
State electorate(s) | Buninyong | ||||||||
Federal division(s) | Ballarat | ||||||||
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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]
Denis Murphy - Hanged at Ballarat for a murder at Bullarook on 16 April 1867[10]
Localities in the Shire of Moorabool | |
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