Bullarook

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{{Infobox Australian place

| type = town

| name = Bullarook

| state = vic

| image =

| caption =

| lga = Shire of Moorabool

| use_lga_map = yes

| postcode = 3352

| est =

| pop = 99

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC20381|name=Bullarook (State Suburb)|accessdate=7 July 2017|quick=on}}

| elevation= 563 {{cite web|url=http://weather.mla.com.au/climate-history/vic/bullarook|title=Bullarook climate, averages and extreme weather record - Meat & Livestock Australia|publisher=}}

| coordinates = {{coord|37.5435|S|143.981|E|display=inline,title}}

| maxtemp = 18.1

| mintemp = 7.4

| rainfall =

| stategov = Buninyong

| fedgov = Ballarat

| dist1 = 105

| dir1 = SE

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 17

| dir2 = SE

| location2= Creswick

| dist3 = 14

| dir3 = W

| location3= Ballarat

}}

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.https://bih.federation.edu.au/index.php/William_Tell_Quartz_Mining_Co{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.

The town had a cricket club which operated during the 1920s.{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219322881?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FB%2Ftitle%2F185%2F192%2F1921%2F11%2F22%2Fpage%2F21869438%2Farticle%2F219322881|title=22 Nov 1921 - BULLAROOK. - Trove|work=Trove}} The town had a State school, which operated from the 1860s to at least until the end of the First World War.{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203766065?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FB%2Ftitle%2F185%2F189%2F1895%2F11%2F15%2Fpage%2F21287449%2Farticle%2F203766065|title=15 Nov 1895 - BULLAROOK - Trove|work=Trove}}{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154693787?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FB%2Ftitle%2F185%2F191%2F1916%2F12%2F27%2Fpage%2F17839176%2Farticle%2F154693787|title=27 Dec 1916 - BULLAROOK. - Trove|work=Trove}}{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66338830?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FS%2Ftitle%2F189%2F186%2F1861%2F04%2F26%2Fpage%2F6464517%2Farticle%2F66338830|title=26 Apr 1861 - BULLAROOK SCHOOL. - Trove|work=Trove}} Bullarook was also serviced by the Sawyers' Arms and the Fellmongers' Arms Hotels.{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66333218?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FS%2Ftitle%2F189%2F185%2F1859%2F01%2F07%2Fpage%2F6460812%2Farticle%2F66333218|title=07 Jan 1859 - BULLAROOK RACES. - Trove|work=Trove}} The town has an Avenue of Honour, which was planted in August 1920.{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211915516?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FB%2Ftitle%2F185%2F192%2F1920%2F08%2F14%2Fpage%2F21447303%2Farticle%2F211915516|title=14 Aug 1920 - BULLAROOK. - Trove|work=Trove}}

Notable residents

Denis Murphy - Hanged at Ballarat for a murder at Bullarook on 16 April 1867{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/112874304|title=17 Apr 1867 - THE BULLAROOK MURDER - Trove|work=Trove}}

References

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{{Towns in Moorabool Shire}}

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Category:Towns in Victoria (state)

Category:Mining towns in Victoria (state)

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