Tallarook, Victoria

Tallarook
Victoria

Tallarook Hotel
Tallarook
Population: 258[1]
Postcode: 3659
Location:
LGA: Shire of Mitchell
State District: Seymour
Federal Division: McEwen
Localities around Tallarook:
Hilldene Seymour Whiteheads Creek
Sugarloaf Creek Tallarook Whiteheads Creek
Broadford Broadford Strath Creek

Tallarook ( /tæləˈrʊk/)[2] is a town in Victoria, Australia located on the Hume Highway, 102 kilometres (63 mi) 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]

Tallarook Post Office opened on 1 April 1861. [3]

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.[4]

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 18 November 1978.[5]

The industrialist Essington Lewis settled near Tallarook on his property, Landscape in his later years until his death in 1961.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Tallarook (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)". 2006 Census QuickStats. http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?collection=Census&period=2006&areacode=UCL251400&producttype=QuickStats&breadcrumb=PL&action=401. Retrieved 2007-10-25. 
  2. ^ Macquarie Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2005). Melbourne, The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. ISBN 1-876429-14-3
  3. ^ Premier Postal History. "Post Office List". https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country=. Retrieved 2008-04-11 
  4. ^ Moore, Bruce. "From The Centre - October 2003". The Australian National Dictionary Centre. http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/pubs/ozwords/October_2003/ftc.html. Retrieved 2007-07-15. 
  5. ^ Sid Brown (March 1990). "Tracks Across the State". Newsrail (Australian Railway Historical Society (Victorian Division)): pages 71–76. 
  6. ^ Blainey, Geoffrey; Smith, Ann G.. "Lewis, Essington (1881–1961)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Online edition. Australian National University. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100084b.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-21. 

External links

Towns in the Shire of Mitchell

Beveridge • Broadford • Bylands • Clonbinane • Emu Flat • Heathcote Junction • Kilmore • Kilmore East • Pyalong • Seymour • Sunday Creek • Tallarook • Tooborac • Wallan • Wandong • Waterford Park •