Beenak is a bounded rural locality in

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, to the north of the

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, located within the

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. Beenak recorded a population of 17 at the 2021 census.

History

Beenak Post Office opened on 1 July 1878 and closed in 1951.

References

{{authority control Towns in Victoria (Australia) Yarra Valley Yarra Ranges