Rupanyup
Rupanyup | |
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Cromie St, the main street of Rupanyup | |
Rupanyup | |
| Coordinates: 36°37′S 142°37′E / 36.617°S 142.617°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Victoria |
| LGA | |
| Location |
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| Established | 1873 |
| Government | |
| • State electorate | |
| • Federal division | |
| Elevation | 67 m (220 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 536 (2016 census)[2] |
| Postcode | 3388 |
| Mean max temp | 21 °C (70 °F) |
| Mean min temp | 3 °C (37 °F) |
| Annual rainfall | 200 mm (7.9 in) |
Rupanyup (/rəˈpænjəp/ rə-PAN-yəp) is a town in rural Victoria, Australia. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 536.[2] The name Rupanyup is an Aboriginal word meaning 'branch hanging over water'.[3]
The Post Office opened on 22 February 1875 as Karkarooc and was renamed Rupanyup in 1876.[4]
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.[5]
Golfers play at the course of the Rupanyup Golf Club on Frayne Avenue.[6]
The town has art in the Silo Art Trail which also includes Sheep Hills, Brim, Rosebury, Lascelles and Patchewollock.
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Rupanyup (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Rupanyup (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats.
- ^ Rupanyup – Yarriambiack Shire Council
- ^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 12 March 2021
- ^ Full Points Footy, Horsham_District, archived from the original on 10 May 2008, retrieved 25 July 2008
- ^ Golf Select, Rupanyup, retrieved 11 May 2009
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