Tallarook, Victoria
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| Tallarook Victoria |
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| Population: | 288 [1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 3659 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA: | Shire of Mitchell | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Seymour | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | McEwen | ||||||||||||
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Tallarook is a town in Victoria, Australia located on the Hume Highway, 102 kilometres north of the state capital, Melbourne. The town is in the Shire of Mitchell Local Government area. At the 2006 census, Tallarook had a population of 258.[1]
The industrialist Essington Lewis settled near Tallarook on his property, Landscape in his later years until his death in 1961.[2]
The town is known in Australia for the colloquialism, "Things are crook in Tallarook", believed to date to the Great Depression and unemployed travellers seeking work.[3]
The main North East railway opened though the town in 1872 along with the local railway station, and a branch railway to Mansfield was started in 1883, extended to Mansfield in 1891, and Alexandra in 1909, before being closed on November 18, 1978.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). Tallarook (L) (Urban Centre/Locality). 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved on 2007-10-25.
- ^ Blainey, Geoffrey; Smith, Ann G.. Lewis, Essington (1881 - 1961). Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online edition. Australian National University. Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
- ^ Moore, Bruce. From The Centre - October 2003. The Australian National Dictionary Centre. Retrieved on 2007-07-15.
- ^ Sid Brown (March 1990). "Tracks Across the State". Newsrail: pages 71-76. Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division).
