Chinkapook

Town in Victoria, Australia

35°11′S 142°57′E / 35.183°S 142.950°E / -35.183; 142.950Population17 (2021 census)^[1]Postcode(s)3546Location

394 km (245 mi) northwest of Melbourne
67 km (42 mi) northwest of Swan Hill
73 km (45 mi) south of Robinvale
158 km (98 mi) southeast of Mildura^[2]

LGA(s)Rural City of Swan Hill Federal division(s)Mallee

Localities around Chinkapook:
Cocamba	Cocamba	Manangatang
Gerahmin	Chinkapook	Turoar
Lake Tyrrell	Tyrrell Downs	Chillingollah

Chinkapook is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 67 km from Swan Hill. It is on the Robinvale railway line, 70 km south of the terminus at Robinvale.

The Post Office opened on 12 September 1910 as Christmas Tank, was renamed Chinkapook in 1914 and closed in 1974.^[3]

In 1990, popular youth ABC TV music program, Countdown Revolution hosted a live event at Chinkapook, which featured the band Roxus on stage.

Many of Australian poet John Shaw Neilson's notebooks were destroyed or severely damaged in a mouse plague at Chinkapook.^[4] Douglas Stewart's poem "The Mice of Chinkapook" refers to this event.^[5]^[6]

Gallery

The former CBA Bank.
Entering Chinkapook
Uniting Church.

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Chinkapook (State Suburb)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
^ Travelmate Archived 24 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine^{[dead link]}
^ Phoenix AuctionsHistory, Post Office List, retrieved 27 March 2021
^ Nancy Keesing (1978). "Introduction to The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson" (PDF). The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson. National Library of Australia. p. 22. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
^ Pierce, Peter (28 May 2011). "Tidy poetry of the parochial". The Australian. News Corporation. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
^ "The Mice of Chinkapook". Australian Poetry Library. University of Sydney. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

External links

Media related to Chinkapook at Wikimedia Commons

Localities in the Rural City of Swan Hill

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