Rokewood, Victoria
Town in Victoria, Australia
37°54′0″S 143°43′0″E / 37.90000°S 143.71667°E / -37.90000; 143.71667- 133 km (83 mi) W of Melbourne
- 69 km (43 mi) NW of Geelong
- 44 km (27 mi) S of Ballarat
| Localities around Rokewood: | ||
| Rokewood Junction | Corindhap Dereel | Mount Mercer |
| Werneth | Rokewood | Shelford |
| Cressy | Barunah Park | Barunah Park |
Rokewood is a small rural township in Victoria, Australia in the Golden Plains Shire, 133 kilometres (83 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Rokewood and the surrounding area had a population of 217.[1]
History
Rokewood Post Office opened on 1 October 1857.[2]
McMillans Bridge, which crosses the Woady Yaloak River for the Rokewood-Skipton Road between Rokewood and Werneth, is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register.[3]
Attractions
Rokewood Swimming Lagoon is an unusual community-run public waterhole in the centre of Rokewood. It is open from December to March each year.
Sport
In conjunction with its neighbouring township Corindhap Rokewood has an Australian Rules football and netball team, Rokewood-Corindhap. It previously competed in the Lexton Plains Football League, but the league folded at the end of the 2010 season. The team now play in the Central Highlands Football League [4]
Golfers play at the course of the Rokewood Golf Club on Rokewood - Shelford Road.[5]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rokewood, Victoria.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rokewood (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 3 April 2021
- ^ "McMillans Bridge (H1847)". Victorian Heritage Register. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Full Points Footy, Rokewood-Corindhap, retrieved 15 April 2009
- ^ Golf Select, Rokewood, retrieved 11 May 2009
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Localities in the Golden Plains Shire
- Anakie^
- Bannockburn
- Batesford^
- Cambrian Hill
- Dereel
- Durham Lead^
- Enfield
- Haddon
- Inverleigh^
- Lethbridge
- Linton^
- Maude
- Meredith^
- Napoleons
- Rokewood
- Ross Creek
- Scarsdale
- Shelford
- Smythes Creek^
- Smythesdale^
- Teesdale
- Bamganie
- Barunah Park
- Berringa
- Berrybank^
- Campbelltown^
- Cape Clear
- Corindhap
- Cressy^
- Durdidwarrah
- Garibaldi
- Gheringhap
- Glengower^
- Grenville^
- Happy Valley
- Hesse
- Illabarook
- Mannibadar
- Morrisons^
- Mount Bute^
- Mount Cameron^
- Mount Mercer
- Murgheboluc
- Newtown
- Nintingbool
- Piggoreet
- Pitfield
- Pittong^
- Rokewood Junction
- Russells Bridge
- She Oaks
- Springdallah
- Staffordshire Reef
- Steiglitz
- Stonehaven
- Stony Creek
- Sutherlands Creek
- Wallinduc
- Werneth^
- Willowvale
- Wingeel^
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