Quambatook, Victoria

Quambatook, Victoria

Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Quambatook
state = vic


caption =
lga = Shire of Gannawarra
postcode = 3540
est =
pop = 253
pop_footnotes =
elevation=
maxtemp =
mintemp =
rainfall =
stategov = Swan Hill
fedgov = Mallee
dist1 = 302
dir1 = north west
location1= Melbourne
dist2 = 162
dir2 = north west
location2= Bendigo
dist3 = 60
dir3 = south
location3= Swan Hill

Quambatook is a town in northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located on the Avoca River in the Shire of Gannawarra Local Government Area, 302 kilometres from the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Quambatook had a population of 253.Census 2006 AUS
id=UCL243600
name=Quambatook (L) (Urban Centre/Locality)
accessdate=2007-10-25
quick=on]

Quambatook was settled following the end of the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s. Resumption of large squatter's land holdings for closer settlement in the 1870s lead to Quambatook becoming one of Victoria's leading wheat and sheep producing areas.cite web
url = http://www.gannawarra.vic.gov.au/Page/page.asp?Page_Id=42&h=0
title = Towns in Gannawarra
publisher = Gannawarra Shire Council
accessdate = 2007-06-04] Quambatook Post Office opened on 1 September 1879. Citation
last = Premier Postal History | title = Post Office List | url = https://www.premierpostal.com/cgi-bin/wsProd.sh/Viewpocdwrapper.p?SortBy=VIC&country= | accessdate = 2008-04-11 ]

Quambatook has been recognised as the tractor pulling capital of Australia with an annual competition, the Australian Tractor Pulling Championships, held at Easter since 1976.cite web
url = http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownName=Quambatook_%5C_VIC
title = Quambatook Victoria
publisher = Travelmate
accessdate = 2007-06-04] In fact, the town's motto is 'Land of wheat and wool, home of the tractor pull'.Fact|date=January 2008 The town is the birthplace of country music performer John Williamson, who has written a musical named for the town.cite web
url = http://www.johnwilliamson.com.au/Default2.htm
title = QUAMBATOOK is a family musical.
publisher = John Williamson - Official website
accessdate = 2007-09-22]

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