- Bullengarook, Victoria
Infobox Australian Place | type = town
name = Bullengarook
state = vic
lga =Shire of Macedon Ranges
pop = 681
pop_footnotes=
postcode = 3437
elevation = 484
est =
stategov = Macedon
fedgov = McEwen
dist1 = 68.2
dir1 = NW
location1=Melbourne
dist2 = 14
dir2 = W
location2= Gisborne
dist3 = 19
dir3 = N
location3= Bacchus Marsh
dist3 = 22
dir3 = S
location3= Woodend
near-nw = Trentham
near-n = Woodend
near-ne = Macedon
near-w =
near-e = Gisborne
near-sw =
near-s = Bacchus Marsh
near-se =Bullengarook is a locality in Victoria,
Australia . The locality is centred on Bacchus Marsh Road, convert|14|km|mi|0|lk=on fromGisborne towardsBacchus Marsh . It is located in theShire of Macedon Ranges Local Government Area. At the 2006 census, Bullengarook and the surrounding area had a population of 681.Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC25253
name=Bullengarook (State Suburb)|accessdate=2008-03-30|quick=on]Facilities
The community is a small one. The local primary school closed down in 2007 when the number of enrolled students fell below twenty. There is a
Country Fire Authority fire station and a Recreation Reserve. The Reserve land was donated to the Shire council by a local land owner and now provides a number of facilities including but not limited to a tennis club, cricket ground facilities, a pavilion available to the public for rental and equestrian facilities for the local children's pony club and adult riders clubs.There are no commercial facilities, the post office closed in 1976.
The nearest railway station is located in New Gisborne on the Bendigo railway line. The line was constructed between 1858 to 1861. [ [http://www.gisbornemountmacedon.org.au/history.htm Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society Inc.] ]
History
The local lands were inhabitated by the
Wurundjeri people.Earliest records show that Europeans settled in the area in 1850. Industry included slate and gold mining. Bullengarook Post Office opened on 24 February 1868 and the Bullengarook East office opened on 15 April 1880. Bullengarook closed in 1950; in 1972 Bullengarook East was renamed Bullengarook, closing in 1976. 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 ]The local "Bullengarook Bellows" newspaper is still in production.
References
External links
* [http://www.gisbornemountmacedon.org.au/history.htm Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society Inc.]
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