Rupanyup

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox Australian place | type = town

| name = Rupanyup

| state = vic

| image =Rupanyup Main Street.JPG

| caption = Cromie St, the main street of Rupanyup

| use_lga_map = yes

| coordinates = {{coord|36|37|S|142|37|E|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_label_position = right

| lga = Shire of Yarriambiack

| postcode = 3388

| pop = 536

| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2016}}

| pop_footnotes = {{Census 2016 AUS | id = SSC22203 | name = Rupanyup (State Suburb) | quick = on}}

| est = 1873

| elevation = 67

| rainfall = 200

| stategov = Lowan

| fedgov = Mallee

| mintemp = 3

| maxtemp = 21

| dist1 = 290

| dir1 = NW

| location1= Melbourne

| dist2 = 49

| dir2 = E

| location2= Horsham, Victoria

| dist3 = 18

| dir3 = E

| location3= Murtoa

}}

Rupanyup ({{IPAc-en|r|ə|ˈ|p|æ|n|j|ə|p}} {{respell|rə|PAN|yəp}}) is a town in rural Victoria, Australia. As of the {{CensusAU|2016}}, it had a population of 536. The name Rupanyup is an Aboriginal word meaning 'branch hanging over water'.[http://www.yarriambiack.vic.gov.au/index.php?f_func=towns_rupanyup Rupanyup] – Yarriambiack Shire Council

The Post Office opened on 22 February 1875 as Karkarooc and was renamed Rupanyup in 1876.{{Citation | last = Phoenix Auctions History | title = Post Office List | url = http://www.phoenixauctions.com.au/cgi-bin/wsPhoenix.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&filter=*Rupanyup* | access-date = 12 March 2021}}

The town used to be in the Shire of Dunmunkle but was allocated to the Shire of Yarriambiack when Victoria's municipalities were re-organized in the 1990s. The Bolangum railway line included a station at Rupanyup from 1887 in Gibson Street, until the line closed in 1983.

The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Horsham & District Football League.{{Citation|last=Full Points Footy |title=Horsham_District |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net//Horsham_District_football_league.htm |access-date=2008-07-25 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510071013/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/horsham_district_football_league.htm |archivedate=10 May 2008 }}

Golfers play at the course of the Rupanyup Golf Club on Frayne Avenue.{{Citation | author= Golf Select | title = Rupanyup | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=1081 | access-date = 2009-05-11}}

The town has art in the Silo Art Trail which also includes Sheep Hills, Brim, Rosebury, Lascelles and Patchewollock.