Bullengarook is a locality in
Victoria,
Australia
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. The locality is centred on Bacchus Marsh Road, west of
Gisborne and 19 km north of
Bacchus Marsh
Bacchus Marsh (Wathawurrung: ''Pullerbopulloke'') is an urban centre and suburban locality in Victoria, Australia located approximately north west of the state capital Melbourne and west of Melton, Victoria, Melton at a near equidistance to th ...
. Bullengarook is in the
Shire of Macedon Ranges local government area
A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a State (administrative division), state, province, divi ...
. At the
2011 Census, Bullengarook and the surrounding area had a population of 603.
Mount Bullengarook, the
Lerderderg State Park
Lerderderg State Park (incorporating the former Pyrete State Forest) is a 14,250-hectare park located between Bacchus Marsh and Blackwood, an hour's drive from Melbourne, Australia. The park is part of an Aboriginal cultural landscape in the tra ...
and the headwaters of Coimadai Creek are found to the south of the township.
Facilities
The community is a small one. The local primary school closed down in 2007 when the number of enrolled students fell below twenty. The school has since been repurposed as a second campus of the Sunbury & Macedon Specialist School
There is a
Country Fire Authority
The Country Fire Authority (CFA) is a volunteer fire service responsible for fire suppression, rescues, and response to other accidents and hazards across most of the state Victoria, Australia. CFA comprises over 1,200 brigades organised in 21 ...
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 community 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 nearest railway station is located in New Gisborne on the Bendigo railway line. The line was constructed between 1858 and 1861.
Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society Inc.
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History
The local lands were inhabited by the Wurundjeri
The Wurundjeri people are an Australian Aboriginal people of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin nation. They are the Traditional Owners of the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley, covering much of the present location of Narrm (Melbourne ...
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.[
The local ''Bullengarook Bellows'' newspaper is still in production.
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References
External links
Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society Inc.
Towns in Victoria (Australia)
Towns in Loddon Campaspe
Shire of Macedon Ranges
Mining towns in Victoria (Australia)
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